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The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause lots of issues within all Australian indistries with state and local lockdowns. To add on top of the lockdown frustrations, NSW was hit with a mice plague causing problems throughout the state. In January, NSW Rail closed the southwest rail line from Junee to Griffith for a total upgrade till January 2022.  Our site at Marrar, increased its cleaning capacity by 100% with the installation of a new Nufab cleaner from Geraldton, WA. We farewelled long term employee & shareholder Andrea Nimmo from her role after 20 years of loyal service to the company. Croker Grain purchased 11 hectares of land at Marrar on the eastern side of the bunker site & also re-leased Pleasant Hills & Garoolgan sites from Graincorp to store Milling Oats.  In September, we commenced construction of two 15,000t grain bunkers on the new land at Marrar. Nestle Singapore commences production of Cleaned Barley from our upgraded Marrar cleaning plant. Export container logistics & supply continues to cause major problems to exporters and packers.Harvest comes around quickly & Australia produces record amounts of grain, Canola port delivered prices hit highs of $1000 per tonne. Wet starts to harvest in NSW, as well as our local region, causes 80% of wheat production to be downgraded to Feed, with rains of up to 150mm falling in November causing the damage, along with the 730mm during the year. Crop yields don't disappoint for all commodities, as Company records for farmers delivering in to company owned sites. Prices on all grains values were firm throughout harvest because shorter grain supply in the Northern Hemisphere. Fertiliser prices hit record highs of $1400 per tonne of MAP & Urea; land, sheep & cattle prices soar, & Australian Bank interest rates hit all-time lows. 

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