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Pakistan turns importer to satisfy domestic wheat shortfall

Pakistan’s has called a tender to import up to 750,000t of wheat, and is expected to call for a further 185,000t , after failing to attract the amount of farmer selling at harvest required to bolster domestic stocks…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, September 22, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 22 September 2026 + outlook

WA is forecast to get some handy rain to help fill crops into next week, but 10mm or less is forecast for major growing areas in SA and eastern states…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, September 22, 2026

News

GPA looks to ex-ADF staff for homegrown harvest help

GPA is rebooting Operation Grain Harvest Assist to get former ADF personnel into the field ahead of harvest 2026 and its depleted visa-holding workforce…Read More

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

News

Streamlined Wheat Port Code to take effect next month

A streamlined Wheat Port Code will take effect from October 1, and will remain in place for three years ahead of a move to self regulation…Read More

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

Market Check launches first-of-its-kind grain marketing academy for growers and agribusiness

Grain marketing advisory firm Market Check has launched a new education platform aimed at demystifying grain markets for anyone involved in the ag industry, from growers through to bankers, agronomists, feedlotters and graduates just starting out in agribusiness…Read More

Hogan portfolio, Roundhay, Warrawee list; Kilnyana drops $5M

New listings include Roundhay in WA, the Hogan Family Farms Portfolio in Vic and the Warrawee Aggregation in NSW, while the asking price for Kilnyana in the Riverina has dropped $5M…Read More

Linda Rowley, September 21, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 22 September 2026

Crude sells hard even as Washington diesel politics intensifies. Wheat claws back all Friday’s losses; corn and beans ride a bullish narrative…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 22, 2026

News

Rail briefs: WA buyback bill; Vic TAL aim; Qld plan, land sale

The WA Govt is getting serious about buying back the state’s network, an intermodal site near Toowoomba has sold, and the Vic and Qld govts are looking to boost rail use and efficiency…Read More

Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

Markets

Jly canola exports slide as record new-crop exports seen

Liz Wells, September 21, 2026

News

New AH wheat varieties on offer for WA growers

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 21 September 2026

Lachstock Consulting, September 21, 2026

News

Ag groups fed up as visa delays likely to persist

Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

News

August rain adds 2Mt to WA’s production prospects: GIWA

Grain Central, September 18, 2026

Carbon

Ag, carbon fund puts together Deniliquin aggregation

Linda Rowley, September 18, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 17 September 2026

Wheat firms, crude eases. Canadian Prairie receives storm rain. Ukraine dry delays sowing and US Midwest dry aids harvest. Frost risk hovers in chilly Australian parts…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 17, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 18 September 2026

Wheat sticks rangebound. Black Sea war risk escalates. Easing crude market belies oil supertanker tight market and damaged refining capacity. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 18, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 21 September 2026

Friday’s offshore market eases a little. Ukraine stays dry; extended dry EU maize season elevates corn import demand. Australian southern haymaking builds momentum…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 21, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 22 September 2026

Crude sells hard even as Washington diesel politics intensifies. Wheat claws back all Friday’s losses; corn and beans ride a bullish narrative…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 22, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

38.20

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7119

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

23 Sep 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

-13.89

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

358

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

286

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

792

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

330

Source: Lachstock Consulting

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Daily Market Wire 17 September 2026

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Market Check launches first-of-its-kind grain marketing academy for growers and agribusiness

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GPA looks to ex-ADF staff for homegrown harvest help

GPA is rebooting Operation Grain Harvest Assist to get former ADF personnel into the field ahead of harvest 2026 and its depleted visa-holding workforce…Read More

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

Streamlined Wheat Port Code to take effect next month

A streamlined Wheat Port Code will take effect from October 1, and will remain in place for three years ahead of a move to self regulation…Read More

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

Rail briefs: WA buyback bill; Vic TAL aim; Qld plan, land sale

The WA Govt is getting serious about buying back the state’s network, an intermodal site near Toowoomba has sold, and the Vic and Qld govts are looking to boost rail use and efficiency…Read More

Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026

New AH wheat varieties on offer for WA growers

WA growers have a further three varieties of AH wheat to choose from thanks to the release of AGT-Trigg, LRPB Atlas, and LRPB Ripper…Read More

Grain Central, September 21, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 22 September 2026 + outlook

WA is forecast to get some handy rain to help fill crops into next week, but 10mm or less is forecast for major growing areas in SA and eastern states…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, September 22, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 15 September 2026 + outlook

WA is forecast to get the only significant rainfall in the Australian grainbelt into next week after only light registrations nationwide in the past week…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, September 15, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 8 September 2026 + outlook

Little rain is forecast to catch the Australian grainbelt in the coming week after further rain for Tas and far southern mainland growing areas…Read More

Bureau of Meteorolgy, September 8, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 1 Sep 2026 + outlook

All parts of the grainbelt bar CQ got patchy falls of more than 15mm in the past week, but rain into next week is forecast for southern regions only. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, September 1, 2026

Cropping

Hay a stayer, cotton a challenge in Douglas Daly

Local demand and solid yields make hay a favourite in the Douglas Daly, where cotton and other crops are being sounded out as Top End farming develops…Read More

Liz Wells, September 2, 2026

CQ chambers give insights into heat’s impact on sorghum

Researchers at the Central Queensland Smart Cropping Centre are using six purpose-built chambers to study the impacts of high night-time temperatures on sorghum…Read More

Grain Central, August 31, 2026

Wet season challenges fail to slow north’s cotton momentum

Despite the challenges of the 2025-26 wet season, northern Australia’s cotton production is expanding and maturing as tailored agronomy knowledge develops…Read More

Emma Alsop, August 19, 2026

Scholar champions semi-irrigated cotton in constrained future

Nuffield Scholar Kate Lumber says semi-irrigating cotton could help boost farm resilience as climate variability and govt buybacks deplete available water…Read More

Emma Alsop, August 12, 2026

Markets

Pakistan turns importer to satisfy domestic wheat shortfall

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, September 22, 2026

Daily Market Wire 22 September 2026

Crude sells hard even as Washington diesel politics intensifies. Wheat claws back all Friday’s losses; corn and beans ride a bullish narrative…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 22, 2026

Jly canola exports slide as record new-crop exports seen

Australia’s July canola exports showed their usual downtrend as production prospects lift for the upcoming harvest, and Lachstock sees potential for its record exports…Read More

Liz Wells, September 21, 2026

Daily Market Wire 21 September 2026

Friday’s offshore market eases a little. Ukraine stays dry; extended dry EU maize season elevates corn import demand. Australian southern haymaking builds momentum…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, September 21, 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