Pulses drive Townsville’s push into containerised grain exports

Russia is forecast to be the world’s leading wheat exporter for 2017/18 for the first time, surpassing the European Union and the United States, according to the latest crop report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

National grain farmers’ representative body, GrainGrowers, has welcomed news the federal Government has launched free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Pacific Alliance – a major trading bloc made up of Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru.