saw one of the stuff up merchants in action last week. he has a concrete blending bay,where trucks back in with mixed grades,and a 'pelican' grab mixes the lower grade in with the higher grade to get a higher average price for the lot. [and the truck is reloaded by a blending expert]
the old awb had a lot of faults,but australian grain quality supervised by the awb meant quality [and buyers]
australian quality now means whatever the dodgy brothers merchants can get away with.
big finishing rains in the vic mallee overnight signal an avalanche of grain in those parts. la nina signals a possibility of rain damage quality. blenders paradise?.
