date:Jan 23, 2013
Mild conditions and below average rainfall across the State have allowed harvest to progress rapidly with most districts able to complete harvest one or two weeks earlier than normal.
Dave Lewis, PIRSAs Grains Account Manager, said that while grain prices had eased slightly in recent months, the better than expected crop production performance had offset the lower value maintaining farm gate value of this crop at A$1.5 billion and export value of nearly A$2 billion.
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