Favorable conditions around the time of winter grain planting across most production regions of Australia bodes well for the forecast year of wheat and barley production in MY 2021/22. However, production is still expected to be down from last year’s record-breaking wheat crop, and a barley crop that was the second largest on record; wheat production is forecast at 27 million metric tons (MMT) in MY 2021/22 and barley at 10MMT, according to a recent And, although the overall grain area is anticipated to be large, yields are expected to fall to more typical levels from last year’s exceptionally high yields.