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UPDATED 29 FEBRUARY 2008
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Bumper sorghum crop causes storage headache
10 Jan 2008

Spring rains are expected to have helped farmers in NSW and Queensland to produce their best sorghum crop in years. The forecast for the total crop is more than 2 million tonnes and should fetch $250 to $260 per tonne. The biggest problem faced by growers is where to store the crop after harvest but Darling Downs farmer Clive Brownlie has solved this by buying twelve 250 tonne, 24 metre long silo bags to store the portion of his crop that has not been pre-sold. The good crop result should help to ease the feed shortage and reduce price pressure on chicken, eggs, pork and dairy products.

Courier Mail, 9/1/2008

Previous News Items:
12 Dec 2007 | Dairy Farmers milk co-op fight for their share
16 Nov 2007 | Fonterra restructuring but still looking to buy
2 Nov 2007 | Confident outlook from Dairy Farmers
31 Oct 2007 | Biofuels add to grain shortage
24 Oct 2007 | Thirsty summer for dairy cows


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