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WA 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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