Don’t let Black Sea send Aussie grain into the red

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 12 2016 - 3:32pm, first published March 31 2016 - 4:00am
Ukraine has a well educated farming sector, efficient supply chain infrastructure, better internet connectivity than Australia and it grows bigger yielding wheat crops than us for $100 a tonne less.
Ukraine has a well educated farming sector, efficient supply chain infrastructure, better internet connectivity than Australia and it grows bigger yielding wheat crops than us for $100 a tonne less.

It's the biggest country in Europe, with arguably the world's best cropping soils, and it represents the biggest threat to Australian grain exports in generations if our industry does not take preventative action quickly.

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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