Late arrival of imported fertiliser for this year’s winter crop is keeping a lid on grower deliveries of wheat and barley to port. Photo: James Stacey, Strathalbyn
GROWER selling of wheat and barley has slowed to a crawl as the southern market plumbs new lows for the current crop year, and the northern market’s attention turns to sorghum.
Imported fertiliser is expected to arrive in volume in March, and trade sources say southern growers are opting to deliver faba beans, lentils and lupins to port ahead of the backload because their prices are more attractive than what they are seeing…
