A crop of Spartacus barley growing near Swan Hill. Photo: Matt Witney, Dodgshun Medlin
SOUTHERN markets for wheat and barley firmed this week on renewed competition from container packers, while northern markets were mostly steady, despite some sell-side pressure.
A squeeze in the Sydney market tied to rail outages has now abated with the reopening of the Hunter and second Main South line.
Waterlogging remains an issue for some winter crops in southern Queensland and New South Wales, both of which had a mostly dry week which has enabled top-dressing and weed spraying to take place where…
