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SEMINAR: Australia's grain supply chains

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Today's date is Friday, March 29, 2024
Australia's grain supply chains : Dr Ross Kingwell, Chief Economist, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre Other events...
Australia’s grain supply infrastructure has been in the news. Late last year the Federal Government blocked ADM’s proposed take-over of GrainCorp. Here in Western Australia, Bunge have built grain export port facilities in Bunbury and the Chinese firm Heilingjiang Feng Agricultural are currently constructing port terminal facilities in Albany. ABC television’s Landline program ran a 25 minute feature on Australian export grain infrastructure on March 9. Why is there interest in this infrastructure? This seminar will present findings of recent research that has examined the nature and cost of Australia’s export grain supply chains. Some interesting facts emerge with important ramifications for the future of Australia’s grains industry.

Currently Ross is chief economist in AEGIC (Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre) that is a joint initiative of the WA Department of Agriculture & Food and the Grains R&D Corporation. He is also a professor in the School of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Western Australia. He serves on a federal Department of Agriculture’s Expert Advisory Panel and chairs the Australian Farm Institute’s research advisory committee. He has been a co-editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, president of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society and is a distinguished fellow of that society. In a recent book on the history of DAFWA Ross is listed of one its 50 most historically influential people.
Speaker(s) Dr Ross Kingwell, Chief Economist, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre
Location Agriculture Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia
Contact Fiona Gibson <[email protected]> : 6488 5506
URL http://www.are.uwa.edu.au/research/seminars
Start Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:00
End Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:45
Submitted by Fiona Gibson <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:31
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