CROPPING

Lack of spring rain starting to bite in Western Australia

Latest GIWA crop report says crop yields are likely to reduce in WA.

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GIWA expects WA's grain production to drop, especially if much-needed rainfall does not eventuate in the next fortnight. Photo: Mark Saunders.

GIWA expects WA's grain production to drop, especially if much-needed rainfall does not eventuate in the next fortnight. Photo: Mark Saunders.

A lack of spring rain across the grain-growing regions of Western Australia has resulted in what was looking like an increasingly high potential tonnage year, to now look less likely. The downturn in...

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