By walking into a Toyota museum in Nagoya, you can get a startling insight into the development of the cotton-processing industry, for that is where the automotive giant began…Read More
Liz Wells, January 17, 2020
The long-running drought and catastrophic fires that have impacted much of Australia will shape the policy focus of agricultural industry leaders in 2020, highlighting the need to build greater resilience into the farming sector…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 17, 2020
South Australia’s harvest, now in its dying days, is estimated to produce 6.25 million tonnes of grain, up from 5.8Mt in the previous harvest, but well below the 10-year average of 8Mt, according to Primary Industries and Regions SA…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
Researchers are employing novel technology to speed their search for genetic material to develop drought-tolerant chickpeas…Read More
Australia’s first sulphate of potash operation has secured its financial arrangements with a $74 million Federal Government loan which will see the project ready for commercial production next year…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
Corn futures fell 4pc overnight, wheat 1-2pc as trade deal passage took the hard light of day. Markets will believe the new business when they see it. Handy rain came to some in eastern Australia…Read More
Guest Author, January 17, 2020
Wheat and barley prices have lifted by up to $20 per tonne in the past month as traders scramble to cover short positions in logistically challenging circumstances exacerbated by bushfires…Read More
Liz Wells, January 16, 2020Wheat and barley prices have lifted by up to $20 per tonne in the past month as traders scramble to cover short positions in logistically challenging circumstances exacerbated by bushfires…Read More
Liz Wells, January 16, 2020Wheat prices lifted strongly last month, led by bids for Canadian protein as buyers covered forward demand. EU and Ukraine export volumes were raised, counteracting Russia’s crop woes. ..Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2020Australia’s first sulphate of potash operation has secured its financial arrangements with a $74 million Federal Government loan which will see the project ready for commercial production next year…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020Global phosphate prices are at their lowest level in more than 10 years, with a significant drop-off in demand and additional supplies expected to continue to keep a lid on prices into 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2020Australia exported 41,546 tonnes of chickpeas in November, 12 per cent below the October figure of 47,126t, according to the latest export data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2020In a snapshot of the ‘year that was’ in the Australian grain industry, Grain Central takes a look back over the stories that led the news in 2019…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2020Increased fertiliser sales and a record for grain to port movements on rail are two of the bright spots in CBH Group’s annual report released this week…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2020Deliveries to major eastern-states bulk handler GrainCorp have hit 3.44 million tonnes, with receivals in the week to 13 January of 171,524t in Victoria bolstering the figure…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2020Wheat markets strengthened. The China/US trade deal is expected to be signed tonight. Australia’s east coast rain situation improved…Read More
Guest Author, January 15, 2020Central Asia cotton consumption is expanding significantly as countries implement political measures to curb exports and support value-added use, while the region’s share of world exports has dropped…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2020Bruce Pascoe is said to be the expert on Kangaroo Grass, yet despite growing it for years now, he still has not produced enough of it to be able....
Jan HollandRay, We report on total WA production which includes deliveries to CBH, which as you point out will end up between 9.5 and 10.0MT, plus grain retained on farm....
Michael LamondKangaroo Grass is common in many parts of the world. In Africa it is considered to be famine food. It is not suitable for sheep and has low seed....
Roslyn RossFrom what I am hearing from the "coal face," the deliveries to CBH will struggle to be 10 million tonne. This leaves 1.2 million estimated tonnes either in on....
Ray Marshall
The long-running drought and catastrophic fires that have impacted much of Australia will shape the policy focus of agricultural industry leaders in 2020, highlighting the need to build greater resilience into the farming sector…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 17, 2020
Australia’s first sulphate of potash operation has secured its financial arrangements with a $74 million Federal Government loan which will see the project ready for commercial production next year…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
The signing by the US and China of a trade agreement overnight has come as a circuit-breaker in the long-running trade dispute between the two countries and eased some of the concerns of exporting nations such as Australia…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 16, 2020
Global phosphate prices are at their lowest level in more than 10 years, with a significant drop-off in demand and additional supplies expected to continue to keep a lid on prices into 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2020
Thunderstorms developed across northern Australia, generating moderate falls, while severe thunderstorms produced locally heavy falls in southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, January 15, 2020
A wetter than average week from January 13-19 is likely across much of the north and west of the continent, as well as in southwest Queensland and northern parts of NSW…Read More
Grain Central, January 13, 2020
The Indian Ocean Dipole weather phenomenon underpinning Australia’s driest and warmest year since records began has finally broken down, adding to slightly improved climate news for the winter crop plant…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, January 8, 2020
The rainfall outlook for January to March 2020 indicates most of the country will have roughly equal chances of a wetter or drier than average three months…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, December 20, 2019
By walking into a Toyota museum in Nagoya, you can get a startling insight into the development of the cotton-processing industry, for that is where the automotive giant began…Read More
Liz Wells, January 17, 2020
Researchers are employing novel technology to speed their search for genetic material to develop drought-tolerant chickpeas…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
Scientists have busted the myth that bollworm won’t infest grain crops until spring, finding the pest can strike anytime from early August…Read More
Grain Central, January 16, 2020
As an emerging crop of importance to the grains and livestock industries, researchers have begun the task of investigating the agronomic requirements of pigeonpea in the Australian environment…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, January 14, 2020
South Australia’s harvest, now in its dying days, is estimated to produce 6.25 million tonnes of grain, up from 5.8Mt in the previous harvest, but well below the 10-year average of 8Mt, according to Primary Industries and Regions SA…Read More
Grain Central, January 17, 2020
Corn futures fell 4pc overnight, wheat 1-2pc as trade deal passage took the hard light of day. Markets will believe the new business when they see it. Handy rain came to some in eastern Australia…Read More
Guest Author, January 17, 2020
Wheat and barley prices have lifted by up to $20 per tonne in the past month as traders scramble to cover short positions in logistically challenging circumstances exacerbated by bushfires…Read More
Liz Wells, January 16, 2020
New-crop Australian feed barley exports started in November, but malting barley and sorghum shipments remain minimal to reflect depleted export surpluses for both commodities…Read More
Grain Central, January 16, 2020
What’s the latest in the farm machinery world?..Read More
Grain Central, December 6, 2019
JCB’s Fastrac has raced into the record books after being crowned the world’s fastest tractor with a speed of 217.5688 kilometres/hour..Read More
Grain Central, November 21, 2019
After more than two decades plying its trade in Australian paddocks, one of the first Case IH Steiger Quadtrac tractors has been restored and returned to its manufacturing ‘birthplace’ in the United States…Read More
Grain Central, November 18, 2019
The latest in high-tech innovations, from farming robots to precision earthworks controllers, were on display at this year’s AgTeCH2019 at Emerald in Central Queensland…Read More
Neil Lyon, November 14, 2019
Farm prices have lifted by up to 30pc over the past three years in more secure rainfall areas of Victoria’s cropping and livestock farming areas, highlighted by the recent sale of the Marnoo district property Wallaloo East for $6.2 million or $3273/ha…Read More
Grain Central, December 16, 2019
One Tree Agriculture has listed two of its dryland cropping properties on the Darling Downs, Encliffe and Glendaloch, as it scales back its holdings in southern Queensland…Read More
Grain Central, November 29, 2019
Warakirri is road-testing the flavour of fruit and nuts as part of its latest agricultural fund aimed at high net-worth investors…Read More
Liz Wells, November 6, 2019
A first-class lamb breeding and feedlotting operation with huge cropping potential at Tottenham in NSW is on the market with the listing of the Mogal Plain Aggregation…Read More
Liz Wells, November 5, 2019
Carbon credit specialists say it is inevitable some farm based carbon storage projects will been have impacted by bushfires so far this summer, but it is unlikely proponents will face..Read More
Rural journalists Nicole Bond and Jayne Cuddihy explore this question in the latest edition of their popular podcast "There’s an Elephant in My Paddock"...Read More
MLA has dropped a proposed $10 million Bushfire Emergency Response Fund to finance the transport of livestock out of affected areas, after industry body opposition and a roll-out of Federal..Read More
Whether you’re currently employed or actively searching for a new career in the red meat and livestock industry, employability skills have a strong correlation to success on-the-job. What are they?..Read More
MEAT & Livestock Australia has shifted to a longer term operational response to assist in the rebuild for livestock producers affected by bushfires, after dropping a proposal for a $10..Read More
MEAT & Livestock Australia has dropped a proposed $10 million Bushfire Emergency Response Fund to finance the transport of livestock out of affected areas, after industry body opposition and a..Read More
MERINO wool prices improved by up to more than 100 cents a kilogram this week, as several buyers “attacked” the offering in the first Australian auctions after the annual three-week..Read More
SHEEP make up the bulk of more than 43,000 farm animals lost in the bushfires on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island...Read More