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Unfavourable prospects for current crops | Food supply shortfall in current marketing year requiring exceptional assistance | Unfavourable crop prospects and food supply shortfall |
OCEANIA: The 2004 cereal output in Australia is set to fall from last year�s bumper level but should be about the average of the past five years. Soil moisture conditions are favourable for the summer coarse grain planting and the area of sorghum and maize, for harvest in 2005, is forecast to increase sharply. |