The Australian rural sector is expected to hold its own in the face of the world economic downturn with exports rising by 6.9 per cent to $29.38 billion in 2008-09.
A 14 per cent lift in crop production is behind the rise in export performance, while livestock production is forecast to fall slightly.
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