The GrainCorp deal: Choosing between open for business or grower control

12 November 2013

Winthrop Professor Tim Mazzarol has posted a piece in The Conversation about the Australian grains industry and the current decision before the government over whether or not to allow the sale of GrainCorp Ltd to the U.S. giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

“Unlike their counterparts in WA who own and control their bulk grain handling and export system via the CBH co-operative, growers across the eastern states are not in a strong bargaining position.”

Read the full article, The GrainCorp deal: Choosing between open for business or grower control, The Conversation, Nov 10

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