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Jun 4, 2024 | theland.com.au | Georgia Campbell |Awb Cargill

In central NSW, sowing is considered largely complete, with all canola now in the ground and a high percentage of the wheat and barley sown. File picture. Sowing is steadily progressing across the country, although conditions vary widely from north to south and east to west.

Apr 16, 2024 | theland.com.au | Georgia Campbell |Awb Cargill

The planting area for canola is expected to rise by one per cent for a total of 3.5 million hectares this season. Picture by Alexandra BernardThe window for winter crop sowing is now underway across large parts of NSW and Queensland, with Victoria not far off starting. Above-average summer rainfall across large parts of the East Coast has allowed for sufficient build-up of subsoil moisture reserves, and NSW is experiencing an exceptionally well-timed seasonal break.

Mar 19, 2024 | theland.com.au | Paige Hill |Awb Cargill

Australian sorghum growers are still waiting on demand from export markets. Picture via ShutterstockUS wheat led the falls on the news developing that China has supposedly cancelled or rolled several Australian wheat cargoes, adding to the cancellation from US exporters last week. The ASX May wheat contract was down in Australian currency $3 a tonne to $318.50 a tonne on Friday as they responded to reports of China's cancellations. European wheat markets also fell with the news.

Feb 6, 2024 | theland.com.au | Georgia Campbell |Awb Cargill

Recent grain prices in Australia have largely been driven by the revisions in the US Department of Agriculture report, with the revision in global corn and wheat markets driving Australian prices lower. The grain harvest has finally wrapped up across the east coast, with the final headers shutting down in late January. All grower attention is now focused on moisture retention and ground preparation for winter crops, with only six to eight weeks until the first of the early winter crops are sown.

Jan 22, 2024 | theland.com.au | Chris Johnson |Awb Cargill

With the last dribs and drabs of the Victorian and South Australian harvest finally making it into the bin, its about time we called harvest done for another year. File picture. With a scorcher this week across northern NSW and southern Queensland, the possibility of yet another cyclone bringing rain to central Queensland, those famous words "droughts and flooding rains", never seem truer than the start we are having to 2024.