Provided widespread frost stays away in coming weeks, the Victorian and South Australian wheat and barley crops are on track for bumper yields. Southern growers are starting to forward sell new-crop wheat, and some are gearing up for an abnormally early start to the haymaking season. The Bureau of Meteorology forecast points to at least 25mm of rain in the coming week for SA, Vic and southern NSW, shrinking to a single-digit event for the NSW-Qld border area. Traders in the south are reporting interest from southern Qld and northern NSW in buying hay from the south. “Yields on the hay will be unbelievable; on an oat crop, they’re talking about 9-10t/ha when it’s normally 5-6t/ha.”