Plant breeding company, Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), is releasing four, new, APH-classified wheat varieties for the northern region this season, as well as its first barley variety…Read More
Neil Lyon, September 17, 2020
Australia’s barley crop is forecast to produce 10Mt, based on the average of estimates from four national forecasters, with some districts in moderate to urgent need of rain to preserve yield prospects…Read More
Liz Wells, July 22, 2020
AGT is partnering with CSIRO and Limagrain’s joint venture Arista Cereal Technologies to get high-fibre wheat varieties into the Australian market…Read More
Grain Central, July 21, 2020
Widely variable conditions across Australia’s winter-cropping regions have estimates from five forecasters for new-crop wheat sitting between 25.3 million tonnes (Mt) and 27.8Mt to average 26.6Mt…Read More
Liz Wells and Neil Lyon, July 14, 2020
The drought-reduced corn crop grown in south-eastern Australia has been adequate to cover domestic human-consumption requirements…Read More
Liz Wells, June 30, 2020
An international research project to rewire hybrid seeds so they can be retained and resown to produce identical, next-generation plants is being touted as a potential “game-changer”…Read More
China’s barley tariff is unlikely to have a significant impact on the area of barley Australia will grow this season, with the majority of the crop already planted…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 20, 2020
Australia can expect to achieve an overall average yield from its 2020 wheat crop now being planted, according to climate researchers at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)…Read More
Liz Wells, May 8, 2020
A new wheat which delivers three to five times more fibre to consumer products is performing well in the US and will now be marketed to other regions of the world, including Australia…Read More
Grain Central, May 7, 2020
Despite tough seasonal conditions in 2019, durum wheat variety DBA Bindaroi performed very well to produce high quality, good yields, with no significant incidence of disease seen…Read More
Grain Central, April 24, 2020
Recent rain in NSW has seen two out of three forecasters lift their estimates for Australia’s wheat and barley crops now being planted…Read More
Liz Wells, April 20, 2020
AGT Australian Hard wheat variety Catapult is an option for early sowing in Western Australia ahead of expected autumn rain…Read More
Grain Central, April 16, 2020