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
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