PRICES have firmed this week, the exception being the northern barley market, where transshipments into Brisbane and priced earlier have allowed that market to sink by $5 per tonne.
The severity of dry conditions in northern New South Wales has growers and traders increasingly nervous about the impact of a dry spring on volumes available to the northern feed market, where more livestock are going on to feed as pastures dry off.
In contrast, crop conditions in southern NSW, and…