Crop forecast up despite dry in NSW, Queensland

Updated February 16 2018 - 11:55am, first published February 13 2018 - 10:30am
For the major crops overall, wheat production is estimated to have decreased by 38 per cent to 21.2 million tonnes, barley by 33 per cent to 8.9 million tonnes and canola by 15 per cent to 3.7 million tonnes according to the February 2018 Australian Crop Report.
For the major crops overall, wheat production is estimated to have decreased by 38 per cent to 21.2 million tonnes, barley by 33 per cent to 8.9 million tonnes and canola by 15 per cent to 3.7 million tonnes according to the February 2018 Australian Crop Report.

A late boost to winter crop production has come following reasonable conditions in key growing regions of Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.

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