USDA estimates Australia’s 2018/19 wheat crop at 17.5 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.0 mmt (5 percent) from last month, and down 3.8 mmt (18 percent) from last year. Harvested area is expected to total 10.8 million hectares (mha), down 0.2 mha from last month and down 1.45 mha (12 percent) from last year. Yield is forecast at 1.62 tons per hectare (t/ha), down from 1.68 t/ha last month and 21 percent below the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@fas.usda.gov.)