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Grains conference highlights social licence

COMMUNICATING and connecting with consumers was a strong theme at the annual Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Grains Conference, which concluded yesterday in Geelong after a series of panel sessions and a tour of Victoria’s largest grain export port.

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 Jake Olver and Paul Christian, O'Connors, with outgoing VFF Grains president Ross Johns (centre).

Jake Olver and Paul Christian, O'Connors, with outgoing VFF Grains president Ross Johns (centre).

Two new panel sessions were introduced to the Conference program this year to address social licence to operate and chemical stewardship. It was also the first year that the conference was sponsored by...

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