Lower harvest forecast unless rains arrive
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The Department of Agriculture says this year's harvest will be severely reduced unless farmers get some decent rainfall this month.
Growers are expected to produce an 11 million tonne harvest this year, with seven million tonnes of wheat and 600,000 tonnes of canola.
The department's David Bowran says August was extremely dry, sparking fears of reduced yields.
However, Mr Bowran says rainfall is expected to improve this month.
"We're still putting 11 million tonnes over the entire state at the top of the range," he said.
However, if we don't get good September rains that could come back substantially in many areas, I note that CBH have come out and made statements as low as 8.5 million tonnes, and that is quite possible that with poor September rainfall that could occur."
