Farms and Farm Machinery

Hat-trick hopes

Rabobank says in its 2022/23 Winter Crop Outlook that this year’s total planted crop area is forecast to reach a record 23.83 million hectares.

This would be nearly one per cent up on last year’s record planting and 11 per cent above the five-year average. It includes a 1.4 per cent lift in wheat and a record canola planting, up 20.9 per cent on last year, albeit at the expense of barley, oats and pulses.

This forecast boost

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