Peter Gooday, chief product analyst at ABARES, said Australia’s total agricultural output is projected to fall for the third year in a row, which has not been around for more than 60 years.
It is predicted that the total harvest in 2019–2020. Weather conditions in Western Australia markedly worsened over the spring and led to a significant decrease in production.
The outlook for summer crops is also poor due to the very low soil moisture in most of these regions.
Direct speech: “Winter crop production has been reduced after a difficult spring in many regions, and livestock numbers will continue to decline in poor conditions, but production is expected to drop because fewer animals will be available for slaughter,” Gudei said.
Australia has the largest farm in the world. Anna Creek Station covers an area of more than 34 thousand km², which is larger than the territory of Belgium (30.5 thousand km²).
Gudei said that agricultural exports are projected to decline by 8% to $ 45 billion.
Despite the fact that one can expect a quick recovery of the crop after seasonal conditions have improved, the livestock sector will need a longer period to restore pasture and begin to restore the herd - according to forecasts, the national herd of cattle will decrease to the lowest level since the beginning of the 1990s.
Although Australia’s wheat crop is expected to be well below average again in 2019–2020, global production is projected to reach another record.
Favorable growing conditions in North America, Asia, the Black Sea region and Europe are expected to provide a world wheat crop of 764 million tons. The growth of the global barley crop is also forecasted.
It is expected that an increase in wheat and barley yields will lead to a fall in world prices for this grain in 2019–2020.
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