Dry weather helped summer crop sowing proceed at a rapid pace
Agrolink – Sean Lennon
According to the weekly weather and crop bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday (22), weather conditions in southern Queensland, Australia have promoted the maturity of winter wheat and promoted early harvest. The relatively dry climate in the region also helped summer crop planting proceed at a rapid pace.
Further south in New South Wales, widespread rainfall of 10 to 30 mm may have caused some temporary disruptions to summer crop planting, but otherwise this rainfall maintained expectations for good winter crops of cereals and oilseeds, which so far Have not matured.
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These rains also extended into southern Australia and Victoria, helping to avoid further losses in the yield potential of winter crops that often faced drought. The crops, which are now in the grain filling stage, are growing satisfactorily.
In Western Australia, the prevailing hot and dry climate helped dry winter crops and allowed harvesting to be expedited in the north. Additionally, climatic conditions facilitated the maturity of wheat, barley and canola crops in the south of the region. Average temperatures across most of the Australian wheat belt were 1 to 3 °C above normal, with maximum temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C.
