US EditionWA Grain Farmers Boost Plantings, Pull Back Wheat
- Australian grain farmers are expected to plant a record 24.5 million hectares of winter crops in 2025/26, led by increases in Western Australia and Queensland.
- The reduction in wheat plantings is linked to higher fertiliser costs, weaker expectations for wheat prices, and delayed seasonal starts, particularly impacting Western Australian growers.
- Farmers plan to increase barley plantings by 9.8 percent and pulse plantings by 12.5 percent, supported by strong local livestock feed demand and favorable tariffs in key pulse markets like India.
- Rabobank forecasts wheat plantings to fall 5.2 percent to 12.6 million hectares and total crop production to 53.9 million tonnes, below last year's 59.7 million tonnes, citing conservative early yield estimates.
- Higher-than-Average precipitation during the summer months in Queensland, the northern regions of New South Wales, and sections of Western Australia has created favorable conditions for extensive planting and record crop yields, whereas drought conditions are constraining sowing efforts in South Australia and Victoria.
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CountrymanWA grain farmers boost plantings, pull back wheat
WA farmers are heading for a large winter crop planting with a projected increase to cropping area, with Australia as a nation is bound for a record-high winter crop planting according to Rabobank.
The new wheat campaign is predicted with an increase in the planting area compared to the previous campaign. This is due to an improvement in the input-product ratio, but above all due to a favorable climate that has allowed excellent levels of useful water recharge of the soil profiles, with values ranging from 80-100 percent in the core area. Although a good campaign is expected, the economic margins are expected to be adjusted, which underlin…
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