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Favorable climatic conditions have set up a bumper grains crop in Australia. But ANZ warns the sector should prepare for ‘the confluence of major global factors’, including covid-19.

Rural Bank warns that the outlook for 2019-20 is ‘mixed’ and impressive growth in cattle exports this year was largely driven by an increase in production due to drought-induced destocking.

The Australian Agricultural Company has appointed Shehan Dissanayake executive director, “a first step in strengthening the company’s executive ranks” as AACo looks to expand into more export markets.