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Feedgrain Focus: Harvest starts in CQ, frost impact feared

Australia’s wheat harvest is under way in CQ. Photo: Brad Hallion

HARVEST has started in earnest this week in Central Queensland as frost sparks some yield concerns in pockets of the crop in New South Wales, where some growers are cutting affected areas for hay, or thinking about it.

Any significant rain in NSW in the past week fell mostly on the inner central and south-west slopes, and Victoria and South Australia had some handy falls, but few registrations exceeded 15mm.

The whole eastern Australian market is positioning itself for a year of drought, and sources report current-crop…

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