Grain farmers in the Southern Half of NSW and the Northern part of Victoria are desperatley in need of rain if they are to save their winter crops.
“Werrimull Victoria - farmer Eric Yates yesterday said he expected this season’s harvest would again be well below average.
This season I’ll probably be looking at around two or three bags an acre where an average season would produce six or seven bags, but there’s no chance of that happening.”
Crops in Victoria’s northwest Mallee and northern areas of the western Wimmera district, have been stressed by hot and windy weather and unless they receive a good drink in the next two weeks they will fail completely.
In the Mallee, many crops that have enough bulk have already have been cut for hay. The Victorian Department of Primary Industries “The Break” monthly crop report, noted that most districts in Victoria received rainfall in September in the lowest 20% of historical averages.
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ABARE in September forecast Victorian wheat production would come in at 2.7 million metric tons up from last year’s state output of 1.9 million tons.
In that report ABARE predicted the Australian wheat crop would come in at 22.5 million tons, up from last years drought affected low of 13.0 million ton. On the back of mainly continuing dry conditions in South NSW & Northern Victoria some analysts are predicting that will be reduced to 20 million tons.
(thanks to Agmates Reader Rowell)
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Tags: ABARE, Australian Wheat Crop, Eric Yates, Mallee, Vic DPI, Wheat, Wimmera
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