According to the Australian weather Bureau, for 20 years, the strongest El niño is weakening, and there was a 70% probability that the country in the next three months receive precipitation in excess of the seasonal norm.

Weather with precipitation should favour the development of wheat crops, sowing in Australia has just ended. Especially on this count, the farmers of Western Australia's leading region for the production of wheat, which is particularly affected by drought.

In the season 2016/17 Australia hopes to raise the largest crop of wheat for the last three years – 24.5 million tons.

However, forecasters are cautious in their forecasts about the future of the crop. Most of the precipitation is expected in June, two months after sowing. And the greatest effect of the precipitation can get non-Western and Eastern Australia. And such States as Victoria (4th in the country in wheat production) can harvest below the current official forecasts.