Field peas are planted into wheat stubble at Hopetoun in Victoria’s southern Mallee. Photo: John Stevenson, Warakirri Cropping
PRICES for feed wheat and barley have softened in the past week as prospects for a big and early winter-crop plant across Australia improve.
It has seen some in the trade, consumers included, unwinding the occasional position as exporters curb buying in the face of consolidating prospects for Northern Hemisphere grain.
Minimising the price falls this week has been a back-off in grower selling as planting of canola and other dual-purpose crops ramps up.
