Total summer crop production in NSW is forecast to fall 19% in 2022–23 to 2.4 million tonnes, but this is still 28% above the 10-year average for 2021–22, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) latest forecast.
ABARES forecast that the area planted for summer crops is to have fallen marginally to 728,000 hectares, and ABARES expects hot dry weather over the summer months to reduce yields relative to 2021–22.
The government body says winter crop production in New South Wales is estimated to be 15.1 million tonnes in 2022–23 – 35% above the 10-year average to 2021–22 but 20% below the near-record production of last year…