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This report was prepared by Amelia Brown, Frank Drum and Leanne Lawrance from ABARE’s Agriculture and Surveys branch.


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The next issue of the Australian Crop Report is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 4 December 2007

in the next issue …
2007-08 winter crop production estimates updated
2007-08 summer crop area and production forecasts

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