Chickpea contract worries push prices up

By Andrew Marshall
Updated September 23 2016 - 6:23pm, first published September 22 2016 - 5:30am
NSW Liverpool Plains farmer and former Grains Research and development Corporation chairman, Keith Perrett, inspects a waterlogged crop of chickpeas at "Dunmohr", Kelvin.
NSW Liverpool Plains farmer and former Grains Research and development Corporation chairman, Keith Perrett, inspects a waterlogged crop of chickpeas at "Dunmohr", Kelvin.

Chickpea prices in Australia have jumped $30 to $50 a tonne above overseas market values as farmers caught with soggy crops look for alternative grain supplies to fulfill their forward contract commitments.

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