AUSTRALIA’S 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List has been released today, with 13 additions and 19 subtractions which reflect the latest outcomes of the national wheat-classification process.

Additions comprise, nine Australian Hard milling varieties, Longford as the only feed variety, and one variety each within the Australian Noodle, Australian White Wheat, and Australian Innovative Wheat varieties.

“The release of the 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List is the continuation of critical work to maintain the competitiveness of Australian wheat worldwide and ultimately ensure its quality meets the required standards,” Grains Australia classification general manager Dr Megan Sheehy said.

“Grains Australia is working closely with our Wheat Council and industry to ensure the delivery of a market-driven variety classification system that represents value for customers and producers.”

Grains Australia, an initiative of the Grains Research and Development Corporation, is responsible for vital industry services and functions that improve the industry’s competitiveness and profitability, and the list also include a number of upgrades.

Milling varieties to join the list are:

• Borlaug 100;
• Dozer CL Plus;
• Firefly;
• Genie;
• Intrigue;
• Jumbuck;
• LRPB Major;
• LRPB Tracer;
• LRPB Vortex;
• Mammoth;
• Possum; and,
• Thumper.

Variety upgrades include:

• Stockade to Australian Premium White (APW) in the Northern Zone
• Leverage and Sundancer to Australian Prime Hard (APH);
• Jillaroo, LRPB Matador and Valiant CL Plus to Australian Hard (AH);
• Brumby and Stockade to APW;
• Severn to Australian White Wheat (AWW);
• DBA Mataroi to Australian Durum (ADR) in the South Eastern Zone
• Leverage to AH in the Southern Zone;
• Bale and Tomahawk CL Plus to APW; and,
• Brumby to Australian Premium Noodle (APWN) in the Western Zone.

After a long period of consultation with industry, 19 varieties have been removed from the 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List, after being flagged for removal in 2022 and delivered in their existing classes up until 2023.

Based on decreasing production thresholds, 19 varieties are planned for removal in 2025 including: AGT Katana, Bolac, Bullaring, Carinya, Correll, Cunningham, Estoc, Janz, Kelalac, LRPB Catalina, LRPB Gazelle, LRPB Merlin, Sunguard, Sunstate, Sunvale, Tjilkuri, Ventura, WID802 and Yawa.

The 11 varieties planned for removal in 2026 are: Axe; EGA Kidman; Espada; Fortune; Gladius; Hyperno; LRPB Crusader; LRPB Lincoln; Manning; Scenario, and SF Adagio.

The reclassification of LRPB Gauntlet to AH in the Northern Zone is planned for 2025.

The 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List comes into effect today, and contains the names of all current varieties approved by Australia’s wheat classification process managed by Grains Australia, along with all listed feed varieties.

The list records the highest possible class available for respective zones, noting that the varieties are then subject to each season’s Grain Trade Australia (GTA) Wheat Standards upon delivery.

The 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List is available at grainsaustralia.com.au. GTA Trading Standards, including for wheat, are available at graintrade.org.au.

Source: Grains Australia