Feedgrain Focus: South sinks, north lifts

This wheat crop in the Narrabri district of northern NSW is in good stead, despite the dry season. Photo: Matt Norrie

WHEAT and barley prices have firmed by up to $15 per tonne in the past week in the northern market based on a lack of grower selling, and dropped $5-$10/t in the south as growers factor in what for most are good to ideal new-crop conditions.

While much of southern Australia had another week of showery weather, crops in northern New South Wales missed out on anything more than a few millimetres of rain.