Mixed blessings for canola crop

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Updated July 13 2017 - 7:17am, first published 4:59am
Early sown canola has the best chance to harvest, but more rain is needed.
Early sown canola has the best chance to harvest, but more rain is needed.

THE state’s canola area is estimated at 600,000 hectares, which is close to a 10 per cent increase on last year, but season uncertainty is providing for a shaky outlook for crop yield, which is estimated at 1.4 tonnes a hectare, says NSW Department of Primary Industries technical specialist (pulses and oilseeds), Don McCaffery, Orange.

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Mark Griggs

Journalist 0- Central West NSW

Central West and Western editorial reporter living at Wellington and based out of The Land, Dubbo office.

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