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Resources boom causes grain pain for farmers

INCREASED activity in the Western Australian mining sector has been a major cause of problems experienced by grain exporter CBH Group, according to its chief operations officer Ben Macnamara.

Miners are poaching the truck and train drivers used to move WA's grain.

Miners are poaching the truck and train drivers used to move WA's grain.

CBH, Australia's largest grain exporter, has missed multiple international orders due to supply chain issues caused by a shortage of train and truck drivers. "The shortage is significantly impacting...

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