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        Buddah is situated 20 
        kilometres from Narromine in the heart of the rich Macquarie Valley, 
        which is 37kms from Dubbo in the central west of New South Wales. The 
        property “Buddah” is actually three properties operating together, 
        “Buddah” (3555 Ha), “Riverpoint” (998 Ha) and “Kansas Plains” (921 Ha). The three 
        properties are operated under the company name Buddah Pty Ltd and 
        currently produce crops such as cotton, wheat, canola, oats, chickpeas, 
        sorghum and 87 Ha of citrus. 
        Currently there are 
        approximately 550 acres (220 hectares) of citrus production in this area 
         principally oranges including the varieties 
        Washington Navels, Late Lane Navels, Navelinas, Leng Navels, Valencia, 
        Seedless Valencia, Grapefruit and Mandarins. 
        Growers in the  
      Macquarie Valley  region  
      including  Buddah P/L have recognised the potential of this area to
      produce a premium product that is 
      accessible to the Asian/Pacific fresh markets and have   
      commenced  major  expansions of  the  citrus  
      orchard production area. | 
      Overall 
      production from the Narromine area is expected   to   be   
      8,000  
      to  10,000  tonnes   annually
      by  the  year  2010  if   the infrastructure  
      to   support development  is  in  place.  
      Obviously if markets can
      be secured there is 
      substantial  potential   to   develop further,
      particularly  with  China.
      
 We wish to expand to include the 
      export markets 
      as a staple, to do this we are focusing our energies on  the 
      requirements of varieties, time and quality 
      assurance required by the market is China. We wish to 
      develop 
      a long-term stable relationship with key  
      people in the
      Chinese citrus markets.
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