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Grains industry celebrates

THE passion and success of key players in the grains industry was celebrated at an awards dinner held as part of the 2019 Australian Summer Grains Conference on the Gold Coast recently.

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 Summer Grains Conference crop award winners (back L to R) Andrew Borrell (mungbean award), Andrew James (soybean award), David Jordan (sorghum award). Front: Col Douglas (mungbean award), Liz Alexander (sunflower award) and Harley Bligh (maize award). Photo GRDC.

Summer Grains Conference crop award winners (back L to R) Andrew Borrell (mungbean award), Andrew James (soybean award), David Jordan (sorghum award). Front: Col Douglas (mungbean award), Liz Alexander (sunflower award) and Harley Bligh (maize award). Photo GRDC.

More than 450 people turned out for the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) conference dinner, which was the final event of the three-day conference that attracted growers, agronomists,...

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