From war to weather, Australian farmers are planting spring crops in an uncertain world

By Katharina Belt, Postdoctoral Researcher, Agricultural Science, The University of Western Australia
Samantha Harvie, Research Associate, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia

Australian farmers are heading into spring with an unusual mix of optimism and uncertainty.

The latest crop forecast from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) predicts the nation’s farmers will harvest 61 million tonnes of winter crops.

That would be Australia’s fourth-largest winter harvest on record, sitting 16%…

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