By wglassfo - July 25, 2018, 5:55 p.m.
Does Australia have a drought also
or am I mistaken
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Wayne,
Good question. I did some research for you.
Below are the areas that grow wheat in Australia. The far southwest corner and the southeast region.
Let's look at rainfall amounts compared to normal for the world for the last 7-30-90-180 days below:
You will note that the southeast Australian wheat areas have been pretty dry during all those periods.........so you are correct.
https://www.agrifutures.com.au/farm-diversity/wheat/
Wheat is sown after a suitable rain event and the sowing ‘window’ can be across a four to six week time period from April through to June.
Wheat is harvested in spring and summer (from September through to December), depending on the variety planted, seasonal conditions and region.
So the wheat in Southeast Australia must not be doing very good. Not sure when the key time frame for grain fill is in that location............looks spread out time wise.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-25/drought-nsw-farmers-searching-for-feed/10013412