Fertilizer Markets and Finance
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Eastern Australia, rather than the west, may end up being the centre of concern over Australian wheat prospects, after official meteorologists raised chances of dry weather in states such as New South Wales.
Western Australia, Australia’s top grain-growing state, has been the focus of crop fears so far, after the driest July on record, which prompted a caution from Australia & New Zealand Bank that wheat production may near-halve this year from last season’s bumper levels.
However, weather forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology on Wednesday “suggest cop conditions in three months could be quite different to those observed today”, Commonwealth Bank of Australia analyst Luke Mathews said.
While the bank cut by 1m tonnes, to 24m tonnes, its forecast for the Australian 2011-12 wheat harvest, putting a 19% decline from last season on the cards, the downgrade was spread between east coast states and Western Australia.
Rain outlook
The bureau forecast a 60-75% chance of below-normal rainfall over most of southern South Australia, southern New South Wales and Victoria over the next three months, besides in parts of Queensland, where dryness will be welcomed as a help for the sugar cane harvest.
CBA forecasts for Australian wheat output 2012-13 and (change on year)
New South Wales: 7.52m tonnes, (-5.1%)
Queensland: 1.48m tonnes, (-3.5%)
South Australia: 1.48m tonnes, (-16.9%)
Tasmania: 31,000 tonnes, (+3.3%)
Victoria: 3.17m tonnes, (-16.8%)
Western Australia: 7.49m tonnes, (-36%)
Total: 23.95m tonnes, (-18.9%)
The forecast tallies with the increasing likelihood of an El Nino, which is linked to east coast dryness.
However, for Western Australia, where El Nino correlations are looser, the bureau forecast a 70% chance of above-normal rains.
“The outlook implies yield prospects in Western Australia may improve, while east coast and South Australia crops may deteriorate,” Mr Mathews said.
Western Australia wheat crops “still have the potential to achieve average-to-above average yields. However, perfect seasonal conditions are required for the remainder of the season.”
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