A series of incidents involving the collapse of on-farm silos has industry experts calling on growers across the country to assess and either maintain or decommission older silos…Read More
Grain Central, July 19, 2024
A GrainGrowers out this week says targeted and responsible use of agricultural chemicals is vital to Australian grain farming, and relies heavily on imports. ..Read More
Grain Central, December 8, 2023
The yield-sapping disease, wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), has taken its toll on wheat crops throughout southern NSW this season…Read More
Neil Lyon, October 27, 2021
Australian Grain Technologies has announced the commercial release of a new wheat variety, and two new barley varieties…Read More
Grain Central, September 22, 2021
Researchers in the US have found that growing several varieties of wheat together in the same crop offers disease and insect protection…Read More
With winter crops reaching a critical growth stage, just like sports finals, they will require “match winning tactics” from farmers to achieve the best possible returns…Read More
Grain Central, August 20, 2021
A second fungicide application may be a profitable option to control diseases in barley in the wetter, southern growing regions in such a high-yield-potential year…Read More
Neil Lyon, August 16, 2021
Nufarm has announced the registration of Sentry herbicide in imidazolinone (imi) tolerant oats, enabling InterGrain to release the Kingbale oat variety in early 2021…Read More
Grain Central, February 9, 2021
Wheat Quality Australia 2020-21 Master List has seen the entry of nine new varieties, and the deletion of 10 old ones…Read More
Grain Central, October 19, 2020
Forecasts for Australia’s wheat and barley crops now being harvested have risen since July, with improved production prospects in south-eastern Australian outweighing sliding yield potential in Western Australia…Read More
Grain Central, October 12, 2020
Australia is heading into the winter-crop harvest with widely variable yield prospects as wheat and barley shape up as highly competitive on the export market…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, September 29, 2020
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