Growers planting down a near record winter season 2025-26 waiting on rain
For growers to get back significant cash they have put out in a massive spend to plant down a near record crop rain is needed now Industry analysts have been pretty much on board, suggesting a record winter crop planting for season 2025-26, with estimates as high as 24.9 million hectares, second only to the […]
Winter crop plantings expected to reach a record high for 2025-26
In a rush to continue high income levels grain growers expect to plant a record-breaking 24.5 million hectares of winter crop Many industry analysts have been suggesting growers are heading towards a record-high winter crop planting for season 2025-26, and Rabobank backs that scenario in its just-released 2025-26 Australian Winter Crop Outlook. The annual outlook, […]
Loam Bio opens up a soil frontier CarbonBuilder to lock in valuable nutrients
Any grower looking for a simple solution to lock carbon into a cropping program now has instant access through the Loam Bio CarbonBuilder Farmers have tackled visible threats like pests, disease, and nutrient deficiencies for decades with the benefit of targeted solutions. If a fungal disease is detected, just spray it with a fungicide, if […]
Winter crop harvest final tallies state by state for 2024-25 season
Western Australian New South Wales and Queensland growers burst their on-farm storage capacity to the seams during the 59.8 million tonnes 2024-25 winter grain harvest Back in October 2024 winter harvest predictions for season 2024-25 of 55.2 million tonnes placed growers in a secure position at 17% above the 10-year average. But with the 2024-25 […]
AGT Grower Portal is the ideal solution to trade seed varieties
This breakthrough seed portal allows growers to trade seed while cutting back on paperwork by taking just a few minutes and is fully compliant The AGT Grower PortalTM first released in October 2024 and now taken up by many growers has proven to be the ideal solution that makes it easier to share seed of […]
GRDC invests an extra $3.5M in biosecurity to ward off exotic plant pests
Following a high value harvest from the winter season 2024-25 GRDC is putting procedures in place to ensure grain growers can retain or increase yields GRDC has moved to protect grower interests by establishing more realistic biosecurity simulation exercises, initire the development of a grains’ biosecurity guide and appoint of a national biosecurity co-ordinator to […]
Western Australian growers sitting in box seat as harvest outstrips predictions
WA growers are rapidly securing their third biggest harvest on record from the 2024-25 winter season Rain may have delayed proceedings a little, but it wasn’t enough to stop growers from reaching close to 19 million tonnes for the third-biggest state harvest on record. Growers in Western Australia are closing in on a crop that […]
Grain storage on-farm facilities primed for a pre-harvest health check
Why the Melbourne Cup carnival is an ideal time to check on all on-farm storage facilities to ensure everything is ready for the winter harvest Grain growers are being encouraged to ensure on-farm storage silos have a ‘clean bill of health’ prior to the winter crop harvest fill. The advice comes from the GRDC Grain […]
Winter crop harvest expectations state by state for 2024-25 season
Across all states growers are expected to harvest 55.2 million tonnes of grain in winter season 2024-25 with some prospects better than others With a winter harvest 2024-25 haul of an estimated 55.2 million tonnes, it places growers in a secure position at 17% above the 10-year average result. But it is not a straightforward […]
GRDC makes a call to determine right grain industry levy and research spend
Grain growers could pay more or less according to a GRDC review that will look into the cost of the grains industry levy RD&E and GRDC reserves In a history-making move, the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has recommended a review to determine the optimum or ‘right-size’ research and development investment to continue to […]