15% grain increase in Western Australia

Commodity analyst Amelia Brown says crops in
southern parts of Western Australia are doing much better than the northern
wheat belt, “Total winter crop production in Western Australia is expected to
reach 8.7 million tonnes, about 15% of what was produced last year, the area
increase was only around 2%, but some of the late winter rainfall has improved
prospects for crops compared to this time last year,” she said.

“WA has
had some rainfall in this month so they are in a better position than some of
the other states, who have just seen no rain for the last six weeks particularly
New South Wales and South Australia, but they certainly will need a good couple
of falls to get them through to harvest.”

Source:
www.abc.net.au