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Minister prays for more rain
10 Jul 2008
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a high chance of year''s best rain falling across much of the continent this week, adding to optimism about the winter wheat crop. Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says there are higher hopes for this year''s winter harvest than last years. "There is a higher level of optimism that there was 12 months ago." But Mr Burke said 12 months ago, much of what had been expected for that crop "fell over". "We had a good moisture profile at the time of planting, there is an opportunity that we may well see quite a significant harvest this year. But we''re still in the hands of whether we get those much-needed, much-wanted and much-prayed-for winter rains."
Business Spectator, 10/07/2008
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