HOPETOUN agronomist and broadacre farmer Kate Wilson is among the finalists for the 10th Victorian Rural Woman of the Year award.
The winner of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation-sponsored award will receive a $10,000 bursary to pursue their vision in their chosen industry.
Grain storage
FIGURES from the Australian Burea of Statistics show 22.1 million tonnes of grain was held in the storage facilities of the major bulk handlers at December 31.
It was an increase of 42 per cent over the December 2007 level of grain stocks.
Wheat was up nearly 5.5 million tonnes.
Stocks of barley were down 7 per cent.
ABB Seeds
ABB Seeds has appointed Jason Scott as its new sales manager for Victoria and southern NSW.
Mr Scott, 34, will be based in Bendigo and will have responsibility for Victoria and southern grain-growing regions of NSW.
ABB Grain has increased its No. 2 feed barley pool estimate by $5 a tonne, taking the current estimate to $190-200 a tonne, FOB.
ABB also has a No. 2 malt pool ($210-$220 a tonne, FOB) and No. 1 wheat pool ($315-$325, a tonne FOB) open for grower deliveries, but they could shut at any time.
Pool unchanged
AWB'S eastern and western wheat pool estimates remain unchanged after a review of prices.
The benchmark APW grade remains at $344 a tonne, FOB, in the eastern pool and $339 a tonne, FOB, in the western pool.
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