The AIMI survey of New Zealand cereal growers, as at 1 July, 2025 is now available online.
Key points at July 1 2025 (figures have been rounded to nearest 100):
- Difficult harvest conditions delayed progress in South and Mid Canterbury. Frequent rainfall across Canterbury and parts of Southland affected autumn drilling, drowning some newly established crops while others have had to postpone drilling until the spring.
- 2025 harvest data showed that total tonnages from all six crops combined were down 2% compared to the last season (19,300 tonnes), from a similar harvest area (0.5% increase, 500 hectares). The resulting average yield is 8.5 t/ha across all crops compared to 8.7 t/ha last season (3% change).
- Unsold stock of grain, totalled over all six cereal crops, are up by 20,700 tonnes compared to last season. There are more unsold tonnes of feed barley (up 30,700 t) and malting barley (up 9,600 t), and the lower stocks of unsold milling wheat (down 15,900 t) and feed wheat (down 3,300 t).
- When totalled over all six cereal crops, the 2026 harvest hectares are predicted to be 7% down on the 2025 harvest hectares (from 97,500 hectares to 90,500 hectares). Note that only 54% of crops had been established by July 1, 2025, the remainder are intentions to be sown in the spring.