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Australia Wheat Harvest Smallest in 12 Years
USAgNet - 02/19/2020
Wheat prices were up Tuesday after news of a small Australian wheat harvest.
May wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were up 20 cents to US$5.62 per bushel as of Tuesday afternoon after Australia's Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) pegged the country's total wheat production at
15.2 million metric tons (MMT) or 16.7 million short tons, reports Farms.com.
That figure is down from ABARES' projection of 15.9 MMT (17.5 million short tons) published in its December report.
That volume of wheat is also Australia's lowest since farmers there harvested around 13.6 MMT (15.0 million short tons) of wheat in 2008.
"Wheat production is estimated to have fallen by 12 per cent to 15.2 million tonnes,"ABARES said in its Feb. 18 report.
Total "winter crop production is estimated to be well below average in all states ..."
The news of Australia's small wheat harvest wasn't surprising.
In April 2019, the USDA projected Australia's wheat production to be around 20 million metric tons (MMT) or 22 short tons.
That being said, opportunities are out there for wheat prices to increase further.
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