Australia 's drought is producing what may be the one of the worst grain harvests in eastern Australia , and may lead to the country importing whole grain for the first time in over a decade . "We know there's grain on farms Conditions are so bad that the Australian crop is forecast to fall 23 % from last year to 1 million metric tonnes ( mt ) , according to Rabobank , and most of GrainCorp 's silos in Queensland and NSW have closed as farmers keep grains on their farms . In the week of 31 March , the bulk handler received 1,000 mt of grains in NSW , down from 200,000 mt in 2017 .
Australia 's drought is producing what may be the one of the worst grain harvests in eastern Australia , and may lead to the country importing whole grain for the first time in over a decade . Conditions are so bad that the Australian crop is forecast to fall 23 % from last year to 1 million metric tonnes ( mt ) , according to Rabobank , and most of GrainCorp 's silos in Queensland and NSW have closed as farmers keep grains on their farms . In the week of 31 March , the bulk handler received 1,000 mt of grains in NSW , down from 200,000 mt in 2017 .