Australia Wheat: Production Increased to the Third Highest on Record USDA estimates Australia wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 at 34.1 million metric
tons, up 7 percent from last month, 31 percent from last year and 14 percent from the 5-year
average. Harvested area is estimated at 13.1 million hectares, up slightly from last month, 6 percent
from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2.61 metric tons per
hectare, up 6 percent from last month, 24 percent from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year
average. The revisions were made based on the recently released official government estimates
from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)