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RURAL AFFAIRS: Huge cost of abolishing national wheat pool

Patrick J. ByrneMar 3, 20125 min read

Large, sausage-shaped storage bags dotted across the rural landscape are a sign of the disaster unfolding since the single selling-desk for wheat was abolished three years ago. Many growers have been left to store their wheat on-farm, using huge white plastic bags holding around 250 tonnes of wheat. This system of storage has been forced on farmers as grain-traders have cherry-picked the best…

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