Hopes of a boost to Western Australia's wheat harvest after a prolonged drought in the east of the country have been dented after a widespread frost with predictions of more to come. The Bureau of Meteorology said it was expecting temperatures above average for most parts of Australia on Monday and Tuesday but warned that some areas could see up to 20 centimetres of snow by Wednesday. Tight supplies from Australia will add to concerns over global shortfalls that helped push benchmark prices to a three-year high last month. Australia is the world’s fourth largest wheat exporter and its biggest customers such as Indonesia may have to turn to other sources of grain such as the US and South America.
Hopes of a boost to Western Australia's wheat harvest after a prolonged drought in the east of the country have been dented after a widespread frost with predictions of more to come. The Bureau of Meteorology said it was expecting temperatures above average for most parts of Australia on Monday and Tuesday but warned that some areas could see up to 20 centimetres of snow by Wednesday. Australia is the world’s fourth largest wheat exporter and its biggest customers such as Indonesia may have to turn to other sources of grain such as the US and South America.