Australia’s winter crop production has increased by 89 percent to 55.2 million tonnes and is expected to be the second biggest harvest on record. Wheat production is estimated to have increased by 120 percent to 33.3million tonnes, while barely is up 45 percent to 13.1 million tonnes and canola production rose by 74 per cent to 4.1 million tonnes. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) executive director Jared Greenville estimates the 2020/21 harvest is 7.4 percent higher than the forecasted in December. Summer crop production is expected to increase to 3.3 million tonnes, performing better than last year but still staying below the average. Area planted to summer crops are estimated to hit 1.04 million hectares, nearly three times larger than the drought-hit season of 2019/20. Greenville said the increase is mainly due to better conditions in NSW and WA, but adds that “This is around 13 per cent below the 10-year average to 2019/20 because planted area remains below average due to limited planting in NSW on the …