Australian Crop Report: December 2018 No. 188

Title
Australian Crop Report: December 2018 No. 188

Series
Australian Crop Report

Series Issue
No. 188 - December 2018

Publication Date
04/12/2018

Description
Overview The report is a quarterly report with a consistent and regular assessment of crop prospects for major field crops, forecasts of area, yield and production and a summary of seasonal conditions on a state by state basis. In this edition of the Australian crop report, ABARES will release the release its latest forecast of winter and summer crop production in 2018-19. Key issues Winter crop production is forecast to decrease by 23% in 2018-19 to 29.3 million tonnes, which reflects the deterioration of winter crops in early spring because of unfavourable seasonal conditions in most cropping regions. For the major winter crops, wheat production is forecast to decrease by 20% to around 17.0 million tonnes, barley production is forecast to fall by 18% to around 7.3 million tonnes, and canola production is forecast to fall by 39% to around 2.2 million tonnes. Winter crop production in Western Australia is expected to account for 56% of national production in 2018-19, compared with an average of 36% in the 20 years to 2017-18. Summer crop planting has begun in some regions and is expected to continue until February 2019. Area planted to summer crops is forecast to decrease by 18% in 2018-9 to 1.1 million hectares, driven by forecast falls in area planted to rice and cotton because of low water availability. Area planted to grain sorghum is forecast to rise in response to favourable prices. Although feed prices are high, current low levels of soil moisture in Queensland and northern New South Wales are likely to constrain summer crop planting in the absence of further significant rainfall during the summer crop planting window. Total summer crop production is forecast to fall by 24% to 3.1 million tonnes, largely due to forecast falls in rice and cotton production.

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Resource URL
1027075

Publisher
ABARES : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences : Department of Agriculture

Right Management
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Identifier
ISBN 978-1-74323-409-9
 
ISSN 1447-8358
 
DOI https://doi.org/10.25814/5c00a3822b438

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