Winter crop harvest survives tough season, but summer yields at risk

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 13 2018 - 8:21pm, first published 6:00pm
With less competition from cotton this summer more grain sorghum was sown and production is forecast to jump 44 per cent to around 1.5m tonnes, despite fears about limited soil moisture.
With less competition from cotton this summer more grain sorghum was sown and production is forecast to jump 44 per cent to around 1.5m tonnes, despite fears about limited soil moisture.

Another hot, dry season is sapping prospects for summer crop production in the wake of a disappointing winter crop harvest in much of eastern Australia.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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