Changes to holiday visas announced today have brought no joy to Australia’s ag lobby as harvest nears and growers sweat on getting skilled labour to help with the task…Read More
Emma Alsop, September 17, 2026
Rain late last month has lifted production prospects for WA’s winter crop to 23.06Mt, up from 21.01Mt seen in mid-August, according to GIWA’s crop report out today…Read More
Grain Central, September 18, 2026
Baiada Poultry has opened its new Tamworth plant in a move set to provide northern NSW with an equivalent to Baiada’s Hanwood facility…Read More
Grain Central, September 17, 2026
Businesses from the Goondiwindi region are taking a proactive approach to one of regional Australia’s toughest challenges: finding skilled workers and giving them reasons to stay…Read More
Grain Central, September 18, 2026
The WA Govt is being lobbied to follow in Victoria’s footsteps and delay the implementation of tougher limits on phosphine due to take effect in December…Read More
Emma Alsop, September 16, 2026
Hurdle is going on show on Thursday’s field walk in WA as an option for growers wanting a wheat that yields well in good seasons, and can be grazed or baled in the tough ones. ..Read More
Grain Central, September 15, 2026
Victoria is the epicentre of demand for silo bags, bunkers and agtech to handle what is shaping up to be a record winter-crop harvest…Read More
Liz Wells, September 14, 2026
US leaders have called for an Australian version of the Buy American Cotton Act to lift demand for cotton at the pre-consumer level in the clothing industry…Read More
Emma Alsop, September 14, 2026
A start-up that recycles cooking oil collected in south-east Qld has found a friend in the poultry industry, and is looking to broaden its customer base in the livestock sector…Read More
Liz Wells, September 14, 2026
The Long-term Drought Resilient Practices for Climate-Smart Cropping Systems research partnership has been launched to benefit Australia’s cotton and grain industries…Read More
Grain Central, September 14, 2026
Cotton Australia and NSW Farmers were among the bodies in Canberra this week to call for a speed-up in processing of visa applications for workers who account for around one in seven Australian agriculture jobs…Read More
Grain Central, September 11, 2026
Grain bodies say the Senate’s decision on Tuesday to launch an inquiry into why the APVMA has not banned paraquat undermines the regulator’s authority. ..Read More
Grain Central, September 10, 2026