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Plum Grove awarded funding to boost WA wheat exports

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Western Australian wheat exporter Plum Grove is the latest company to receive $17,000 in funding as part of the final round of the Federal Government’s Wheat Export Technical Market Support Grants Program.

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator Joe Ludwig said the funding would assist Plum Grove to establish links with South Africa, Malaysia and Vietnam, as well as increase national exports to these countries.

Plum Grove was one of six wheat exporters who received funding as part of the grants program, which aims to help new and small scale wheat exporters to break into the international market.

Other grant recipients included NSW Agfarm, NSW Australian Grain Link, NSW Agracom, QLD Pentag Commodities and Victorian Visionrich.

The Australian Government has allocated $600,000 over three years for the grants program, with up to $200,000 available each year, starting in the 2008–09 financial year.

Individual companies can access up to $60,000 over the life of the program.

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