Grain likely to go north by boat as Queensland, NSW crop dries up

By Gregor Heard and Andrew Marshall
Updated September 11 2017 - 2:40pm, first published 2:31pm
The grain industry believes cereals will be moved via boat from South Australia and Victoria to Queensland in coming months.
The grain industry believes cereals will be moved via boat from South Australia and Victoria to Queensland in coming months.

THE BIG dry in the northern zone has led to soaring grain basis values in the Queensland and northern NSW port zones, with premiums of up to $80 to $90 a tonne for cereals above southern Australian quotes.

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