Monday, April 30, 2007

Australian Farmers to Start Sowing Wheat After Rain; Cattle Prices Climb

(Bloomberg) -- Grain growers in Australia, the world's third-largest wheat and canola exporter, may begin sowing this week after rain increased optimism of a break in one of the country's worst droughts in a century.

``Sowing will start everywhere,'' Brett Stevenson, managing director of Sydney-based forecaster AgRisk Management Pty. said. ``From the point of view of the 2007 cropping season, it's definitely the most meaningful rain we've had.''


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