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SA, Vic crop establishment streets ahead of 2025: DAS

DAS tracking confirms the strength of the start to SA and Vic’s winter-cropping season, with SA establishment at 71pc vs just 1.3pc at this time last year…Read More

Grain Central, June 16, 2026

Markets

Brazil grain production records keep tumbling

High planted area, and outstanding soybean yield prospects are propelling Brazil toward grain records again in 2026…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 16, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 16 June 2026 + outlook

WA got the best of the past week’s rain, and heaviest falls for the coming week are forecast for Vic, SA, with at least 10mm expected for the NSW and southern Qld grainbelts…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 16, 2026

News

Nice Rice kicks off exports in deregulated NSW market

Riverina miller Nice Rice has commenced exports to New Zealand just shy of one year after the end of rice vesting in NSW…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 15, 2026

Property

Spellary Creek, Alrambra sell, farms in SA’s South East list

A farm close to Perth has sold for $12M, the Gobbert brothers are expanding with the purchase of Spellary Creek, and Longbotton Farms in SA’s South East has listed…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 15, 2026

Carbon

Report makes case for on-farm electrification over biofuels

A Farmers for Climate Action report says transitioning to electric machinery and vehicles rather than shifting existing equipment to biofuels makes more sense for farmers…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 15, 2026

News

Major upgrade advances at CBH Mingenew site

Work at CBH’s Mingenew site which will lift its capacity to 710,000t is under way and on track for completion by this year’s harvest…Read More

Grain Central, June 15, 2026

Markets

Australia exports 511,900t canola in April

Australia exported 511,900t of canola in April, down 8pc from 558,394t in March, according to the latest ABS data, ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 15, 2026

News

Seed vault and growth rooms unveiled in NSW

Grain Central, June 15, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 16 June 2026

Lachstock Consulting, June 16, 2026

Property

Impending Rushy Lagoon sale under scrutiny in Senate Estimates

Grain Central, June 12, 2026

News

GIWA planted area estimate creeps up to 9.39Mha

Grain Central, June 12, 2026

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Season turnaround pressures prices

Liz Wells, June 11, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 15 June 2026

Lachstock Consulting, June 15, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 11 June 2026

Global weather news is rainy in key regions. US strikes Iran, unsettles macros. Aust eastern wheat and barley market theme diverges…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 11, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 12 June 2026

Friendly WASDE surprises wheat against heavier backdrop elsewhere. Australian rain forecast escalates…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 12, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 15 June 2026

Australia welcomes rain, Oklahoma harvest endures it. France cops untimely scorcher…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 15, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 16 June 2026

Wheat catches day-session buying streak. US-Iran deal hope tumbles oil, spikes equities. Aust grinds prices lower. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 16, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

37.45

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7072

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

17 Jun 2026 (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

-14.14

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

335

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

309

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

774

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

360

Source: Lachstock Consulting

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SA, Vic crop establishment streets ahead of 2025: DAS

DAS tracking confirms the strength of the start to SA and Vic’s winter-cropping season, with SA establishment at 71pc vs just 1.3pc at this time last year…Read More

Grain Central, June 16, 2026

Nice Rice kicks off exports in deregulated NSW market

Riverina miller Nice Rice has commenced exports to New Zealand just shy of one year after the end of rice vesting in NSW…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 15, 2026

Report makes case for on-farm electrification over biofuels

A Farmers for Climate Action report says transitioning to electric machinery and vehicles rather than shifting existing equipment to biofuels makes more sense for farmers…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 15, 2026

Major upgrade advances at CBH Mingenew site

Work at CBH’s Mingenew site which will lift its capacity to 710,000t is under way and on track for completion by this year’s harvest…Read More

Grain Central, June 15, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 16 June 2026 + outlook

WA got the best of the past week’s rain, and heaviest falls for the coming week are forecast for Vic, SA, with at least 10mm expected for the NSW and southern Qld grainbelts…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 16, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 9 June 2026 + outlook

Following rain in far south-eastern Australia’s cropping regions in the past week, falls are expected across all the nation’s winter-cropping regions in the coming week…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 9, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 2 June 2026 + outlook

Parts of the grainbelt stretching into southern Qld had significant rain in the past week, and falls for coming days are forecast for growing regions in all states bar Qld…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 2, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 26 May 2026 + outlook

Rain is forecast for the entire Australian grainbelt into next week, with NSW once again tipped to receive the heaviest falls in time for cereal planting. ..Read More

Guest Author, May 26, 2026

Cropping

Innovation on display at Riverina’s WeedSmart Week

WeedSmart Week 2026 is set for August in the Riverina, and will cover aspects including how growers are coping with herbicide resistance in dryland and irrigated systems…Read More

Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, June 1, 2026

Corn crop sets new yield benchmark in northern Victoria

An irrigated Pioneer P0937 hydrid corn crop grown at Arcadia in northern Victoria has set a new Australian yield record of 23.78t/ha. ..Read More

Grain Central, May 18, 2026

NSW DPIRD scientists lead work tackling soil-borne diseases

GRDC funded research, undertaken by NSW DPIRD, targets soil-borne disease which accounts for half the disease losses in grain farming…Read More

Grain Central, May 7, 2026

Pickers power through high-quality cotton crop

Picking of Australia’s cotton crop seen at roughly 4.4M bales is progressing at pace, with yields mixed and lint quality high…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 27, 2026

Markets

Brazil grain production records keep tumbling

High planted area, and outstanding soybean yield prospects are propelling Brazil toward grain records again in 2026…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 16, 2026

Australia exports 511,900t canola in April

Australia exported 511,900t of canola in April, down 8pc from 558,394t in March, according to the latest ABS data, ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 15, 2026

Daily Market Wire 16 June 2026

Wheat catches day-session buying streak. US-Iran deal hope tumbles oil, spikes equities. Aust grinds prices lower. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 16, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Season turnaround pressures prices

Wheat is under pressure in the north, where a turnaround in the season has brightened new-crop production prospects, and consumers are banking on a further softening in values…Read More

Liz Wells, June 11, 2026

Autonomous machinery use is increasing in agriculture, but cost and connectivity issues are limiting uptake and risking the future abilities of the Australian grains industry to keep pace globally…Read More

Grain Central, May 6, 2026

Reman Day highlights manifold value of new life for parts

Since 2018, Reman Day has been held annually on April 23 to highlight the economic, efficiency and environmental value of remanufactured parts in ag and other machinery. ..Read More

Grain Central, April 23, 2026

Hard truths aired by panel at SPAA’s Ag Expo

The Society of Precision Agriculture Australia held its Ag Expo in Toowoomba this week, where a panel pointed to change on its way for companies large and small…Read More

Liz Wells, March 20, 2026

Property

Spellary Creek, Alrambra sell, farms in SA’s South East list

A farm close to Perth has sold for $12M, the Gobbert brothers are expanding with the purchase of Spellary Creek, and Longbotton Farms in SA’s South East has listed…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 15, 2026

Impending Rushy Lagoon sale under scrutiny in Senate Estimates

Senator Richard Colbeck and advocacy organisation TasFarmers are upping their concerns about a change in land use for Tasmania’s biggest farm as FIRB continues its approval process…Read More

Grain Central, June 12, 2026

Roc Partners’ expanding Precision Poultry set to buy VOAG

Roc Partners’ Precision Poultry is set to make its first investment in NSW with the purchase of major Riverina chicken producer VOAG. ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 10, 2026

Riverina’s Yarranvale tipped to fetch $40M plus

The May family has listed the Yarranvale Aggregation, featuring 7531ML of permanent entitlements and 8.5km of Wakool River frontage…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 8, 2026

AgCarbon Central

Report makes case for on-farm electrification over biofuels

A Farmers for Climate Action report says transitioning to electric machinery and vehicles rather than shifting existing equipment to biofuels makes more sense for farmers…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 15, 2026

NSW broadacre farm generates ACCUs in game-changer

Carbon-sequestering seed treatment generates first NSW broadacre Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) for Nicholsons…Read More

Grain Central, May 7, 2026

Partnership to track barley carbon emissions from paddock to beer

A partnership between Charles Sturt University and Victorian farmers will help track carbon emissions from barley used in Asahi Beverages…Read More

Grain Central, April 4, 2026

Moree green-ammonia plant gets NSW Govt approval

The NSW Govt has given the go-ahead to the GEGHA project, which will supply green fuel and fertiliser to Keytah and others in the Moree district…Read More

Grain Central, March 9, 2026

Beef Central

2026 Paddock to Palate weight gain winners revealed in record 1358 head field

Results are in for the weight gain section among the record entries involved in the 2026 Paddock to Palate Competition, with major winners including Simon and Myriam Daley, Russell Pastoral..Read More

Weekly kill: Grids find a level, after earlier blistering rises

After some eye-catching 30-40c/kg price rises a fortnight ago, direct consignment slaughter cattle grid offers across the eastern and southern states are mostly unchanged this week...Read More

People on the Move: Appointments, retirements, achievements

NAPCo seeks new CEO, as Allan Cooney steps down | New marketing manager for ACC | New chair for Rural RDCs | Drought resilience work earns science award | Stocklive..Read More

Fed Govt blasted over “quiet” release of export fee hikes

Shadow Agriculture Minister Darren Chester has blasted the Albanese Government for “quietly releasing” its final Export Cost Recovery Implementation Statements late last Friday afternoon, confirming substantial fee increases on agricultural..Read More