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Bunge-Viterra merger a done deal

Viterra Australia’s bulk-handling assets are set to be rebranded as Bunge following the approval this week of the Bunge-Viterra merger…Read More

Grain Central, July 4, 2025

News

Cavalcade captures south’s interest in NT hay

The ongoing SA and Vic drought is forcing a rethink on hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to NT varieties like Cavalcade and Jarra to help fill the feed gap…Read More

Emma Alsop, July 3, 2025

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Mixed ideas about Vic, SA hold sway

Mixed conditions for crops and grazing in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new-crop pricing and volume. ..Read More

Liz Wells, July 3, 2025

News

ABARES collectors take the field on 70th anniversary

Data collection for ABARES and its predecessors is turning 70 this year, and its team of officers has already started to deploy…Read More

Liz Wells, July 4, 2025

Property

The Oaks, Mindarabin Heights, Koomarlin for sale in WA

The Russell family’s The Oaks at Dalyup, the Berger family’s Mindarabin Heights Aggregation in the Great Southern, and Koomarlin in the Peel region have come to market in WA. ..Read More

Linda Rowley, July 4, 2025

News

Broadacre productivity growth slows: ABARES

Broadacre productivity growth slowed over 2023-24 but the slowdown is inconsistent, according to an ABARES report out today…Read More

Grain Central, July 4, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 4 July 2025

Trade squares positions before holiday weekend. Australians fix hopes on southern rain forecast…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, July 4, 2025

Property

GPA webinar enlightens farm super funds

A GPA webinar has shed some light on what farming families can do in the face of the proposed tax of SMSFs with balances in excess of $3M…Read More

Liz Wells, July 2, 2025

News

PIRSA forecasts SA crop at 8.18Mt
Grain Central, July 2, 2025

News

Former Carpendale director makes claim
Emma Alsop, July 2, 2025

Research

Plant phenotyping to help WA farming grow
Grain Central, July 2, 2025

Markets

Wheat, oats, pulses curry favour in Canada
Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, July 1, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 1 July 2025 + outlook
Bureau of Meteorology, July 1, 2025

News

Phosphate miner looks into new NW Qld rail line
Grain Central, June 30, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

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35.45
Source: Jarden

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0.6572
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ASX Market Index

06 Jul 2025 (updated 10am daily)
Company Price Trending
Elders $8.96
Australian Agricultural Co $1.52
Graincorp $7.29
Ridley $2.12
Woolworths $36.64
Wellard $0.06
Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

0.73
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

345
Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

336

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

808
Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

345
Source: Lachstock Consulting

What readers are saying

Mobile shiploaders bring options to WA

A pleasure to deliver the first truckload of grain to Geraldton Port berth 6 load out. This went very well under some trying weather conditions, and the usual start....

Tim Donnelly
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Drought experience prompts rethink on value of hay

This is very relevant with respect to the recent Australian Strategic Policy Institute's green paper on food preparedness and the Federal Inquiry into food security. Why are charities....

Charles Nason
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Triple fungicide resistance detected in YP barley

Eliminating green bridge will make very little difference as the pathogen is principally stubble borne.....

Greg Platz
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WA sheep pellets help counter SA’s feed drought

Delta Ag in Jamestown have been bringing stockfeed pellets from NSW for 6 months. The WA story is incomplete. How about giving Delta a mention?....

Ross Pearce
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News

Bunge-Viterra merger a done deal

Viterra Australia’s bulk-handling assets are set to be rebranded as Bunge following the approval this week of the Bunge-Viterra merger…Read More

Grain Central, July 4, 2025

Cavalcade captures south’s interest in NT hay

The ongoing SA and Vic drought is forcing a rethink on hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to NT varieties like Cavalcade and Jarra to help fill the feed gap…Read More

Emma Alsop, July 3, 2025

ABARES collectors take the field on 70th anniversary

Data collection for ABARES and its predecessors is turning 70 this year, and its team of officers has already started to deploy…Read More

Liz Wells, July 4, 2025

Broadacre productivity growth slows: ABARES

Broadacre productivity growth slowed over 2023-24 but the slowdown is inconsistent, according to an ABARES report out today…Read More

Grain Central, July 4, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 1 July 2025 + outlook

The rainfall pattern of the past week looks set to repeat in the next eight days, this time with 10-25mm forecast for WA grain-growing regions as well as those in NSW, Vic and SA. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, July 1, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 24 June 2025 + outlook

WA, Vic, SA and southern NSW cropping country had handy rain in the past week, with more forecast over a wider area for coming days. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 24, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 17 June 2025 + outlook

Parts of Australia’s southern fringe received welcome rain this week, and more is forecast over a wider area in coming days…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 17, 2025

BOM weekly rainfall report 10 June 2025 + outlook

Most Vic, SA, and WA grain-growing areas had much-needed rain in the week to today, and more is forecast for coming days…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 10, 2025

Cropping

App aids management of net blotch diseases in barley

Barley growers have access to a new app to help minimise damage from the net blotch fungal disease…Read More

Grain Central, June 30, 2025

CQ crops stand out as mungbean harvest winds down

Australia’s mungbean harvest is almost over, with CQ delivering standout quality and yields.

..Read More

Emma Alsop, June 16, 2025

Weekend rain bolsters prospects for Vic, SA crops

Widespread rain in SA and Vic has boosted prospects for an at least average winter crop, with some farms receiving their biggest single rain event in two years…Read More

Liz Wells, June 9, 2025

CQ sorghum harvest rolls on as winter-crop plant ramps up

CQ growers are busy wrapping up sorghum and mungbean harvests as winter-crop planting accelerates across the region…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 2, 2025

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Mixed ideas about Vic, SA hold sway

Mixed conditions for crops and grazing in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new-crop pricing and volume. ..Read More

Liz Wells, July 3, 2025

Daily Market Wire 4 July 2025

Trade squares positions before holiday weekend. Australians fix hopes on southern rain forecast…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, July 4, 2025

Wheat, oats, pulses curry favour in Canada

Canada’s crop survey reveals barley and canola area has been cut, but peas, lentils, wheat and durum are up…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, July 1, 2025

Daily Market Wire 3 July 2025

US row crops enter critical rainfall/temperature phase. Canada and Northern Plains parts seek rain. Australian models build rain forecast…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, July 3, 2025

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Sponsored Content, May 19, 2025

Canola Yield Tool helps growers factor IWM into varietal selection

Growers are invited to gain insights into canola yield potential for varieties from most major seed companies, and across seed technologies, using a tool built on data from Pacific Seeds’ trials across Australia…Read More

Grain Central, March 17, 2025

How Voraxor’s versatility can be used to strengthen double knock

As well as being an outstanding pre-emergent herbicide, BASF’s Voraxor is a top-level knockdown spike, improving glyphosate performance on broadleaf weeds and annual ryegrass…Read More

Grain Central, December 9, 2024

Superior blackleg treatment gains official recognition 

BASF has released ILeVO as a cost-effective seed treatment to control blackleg in canola…Read More

Grain Central, December 2, 2024

Machinery

Fast chaser bin boosts big harvest efficiencies

A 36t Elmer’s chaser bin is playing its part in increasing efficiency for the Burton family’s 11,000ha cropping operation at Cleve on SA’s Eyre Peninsula…Read More

Grain Central, June 24, 2025

Top apprentices get Supercars pits passes

A McIntosh & Sons Narrogin apprentice is one of six to get trackside at Supercars events this year through New Holland’s sponsorship of Red Bull Ampol Racing. ..Read More

Grain Central, June 9, 2025

Geringhoff front finds harvest fit with Tighe Ag

A Geringhoff front helped Tighe Ag maximise harvest efficiencies for direct-headed canola and lodged barley in a big and wet 2024-25 harvest…Read More

Grain Central, May 6, 2025

Vandersee talks cotton, consolidation, innovation

Bruce Vandersee talked customer service, cotton in northern Australia, and innovation, and not just from John Deere, to the Rural Press Club audience at the Toowoomba Showgrounds yesterday…Read More

Liz Wells, March 28, 2025

Property

The Oaks, Mindarabin Heights, Koomarlin for sale in WA

The Russell family’s The Oaks at Dalyup, the Berger family’s Mindarabin Heights Aggregation in the Great Southern, and Koomarlin in the Peel region have come to market in WA. ..Read More

Linda Rowley, July 4, 2025

GPA webinar enlightens farm super funds

A GPA webinar has shed some light on what farming families can do in the face of the proposed tax of SMSFs with balances in excess of $3M…Read More

Liz Wells, July 2, 2025

Goodooga holdings come to market

Three mixed-farming operations in the Goodooga district are on the market: Belvedere, Wynbar, and Glenallyn & Pratts Hut…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 30, 2025

Farms in three prized double-cropping regions list

Among the latest listings on the property market are Middle Creek on the Darling Downs, Wilgaroi in the Golden Triangle, and Mundry on the Liverpool Plains…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 27, 2025

AgCarbon Central

CBH joins Blue Visby post trial, receives first new wagons

Following successful trials, CBH will be shipping some of its Kwinana exports with Blue Visby, and in WA rail news, CBH Group has received its first batch of new wagons. ..Read More

Grain Central, January 20, 2025

ARENA supports GrainCorp’s expanding crush ambitions

ARENA has pledged $6.1M for GrainCorp’s study to investigate the establishment of a new oilseed-crushing facility…Read More

Grain Central, January 13, 2025

Projects in pipeline for grainbelt-made green nitrogen

Ahead of green ammonia coming to market in Australia, the Clean Green Ag and FarmLink trial in southern NSW, and Nitronic’s innovation in WA, are looking to the next generation of fertiliser…Read More

Liz Wells, December 11, 2024

Value key to getting growers on board with low-carbon fuels

Potential for growers to supply feedstock to the domestic LCLF producers was explored at a Bioenergy Australia summit in Perth earlier this month…Read More

Emma Alsop, October 31, 2024

Beef Central

Records fall like ten-pins, as June and fiscal year beef exports hit all-time record highs

Australian beef export records have fallen like ten-pins, as the industry enters the new financial year...Read More

Red meat production bodies back levy review

Key production sectors of the red meat industry have thrown their support behind a review of national red meat levies...Read More

Industry groups call on EU cattle producers to adopt geolocation tool

Industry groups are calling on European Union (EU) accredited cattle producers to urgently opt into a new LPA geolocation tool, warning that a significant proportion of the current EU cattle..Read More

Beef Central expands as respected rural broadcast journalist joins team

Beef Central is excited to announce that our team of professional independent journalists and experts delivering quality original news and market insights for Australia’s beef cattle industry is expanding with..Read More

Sheep Central

No AWI strategy on market’s non-mulesed wool preference

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s chief executive officer has declined to outline how the company will help growers take advantage of non-mulesed wool price premiums and sheep meat opportunities for Merinos in..Read More

GPA webinar gives insights into proposed super fund changes

THE Federal Government looks set to increase its revenue by taxing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) balances exceeding $3 million...Read More

Queensland Government commits $2.3 million to wild dog fence

QUEENSLAND’S Crisafulli Government has committed $2.3 million in 2025-26 to upgrade and maintain the Wild Dog Barrier Fence...Read More

Crowley on MLA’s plan, value-based marketing, CN30 and advocacy

MLA managing director Michael Crowley. The barriers standing in the way of plans to shift Australia’s red meat industry to a Value Based Marketing payment model, what’s next after CN30…..Read More

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