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  • Basics of farming a formula for success
    Industry Insights, 06 Aug 2021
    Basics of farming a formula for success

    Grain growers must get the basics right to give themselves the best chance of success. Failure to do so can result in a devastating loss of time, money and effort.

  • Record harvest recorded as GM crops roll out
    Industry Insights, 02 Aug 2021
    Record harvest recorded as GM crops roll out

    After the lifting of a moratorium in place for the past 16 years, the first genetically modified canola crops have been planted in South Australia. Access to GM canola varieties in the state comes on the back of a record 2020-21 harvest, the second-most-valuable on record at $2.5 billion farm gate value.

  • GRDC Panel tour to focus on Central Queensland
    Industry Insights, 11 Jul 2021
    GRDC Panel tour to focus on Central Queensland

    Central Queensland will be the focus of attention for the GRDC Northern Region Panel later this month.

  • Research tests management levers for yield lift
    Industry Insights, 09 Jul 2021
    Research tests management levers for yield lift

    Preliminary results from GRDC’s hyper-yielding crops research in New South Wales show superior cultivars that are well-protected against disease are critical levers for producing high-yielding grain crops

  • Multi-pronged trials road test intercropping
    Industry Insights, 30 Jun 2021
    Multi-pronged trials road test intercropping

    New research is examining the potential for intercropping – the age-old backyard practice of growing two or more crops together – in broadacre cropping systems across the southern grains region. The statewide Victorian study is road testing the productivity and profitability of several approaches to intercropping compared with monoculture cropping as part of the Victorian Grains Innovation Partnership (VGIP).

  • Webinar season stimulating demand for Australian grains in Asia
    Industry Insights, 21 Jun 2021
    Webinar season stimulating demand for Australian grains in Asia

    The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre’s (AEGIC) market and grain quality experts are looking forward to a busy 2021 schedule of webinars targeting customers across Asia.

  • Proving the benefits of an age-old fermentation practice
    Industry Insights, 10 Jun 2021
    Proving the benefits of an age-old fermentation practice

    Fermentation is the ancient practice of adding microbial organisms to raw materials, and was originally used as a preserving method. It has become a common technique used to change the form, taste and texture of many foods into products we know and love today, including sourdough bread.

  • Protein gap drives Asian grain demand
    Industry Insights, 16 May 2021
    Protein gap drives Asian grain demand

    Singapore-based Jean-Yves Chow from Mizuho Bank explored the “Asia protein gap”, in which the region’s demand for protein (mainly meat, grain and oilseeds) outstrips supply at the 2021 Australian Grains Industry Conference (AGIC) Asia.

  • How does Australian wheat stack up against the Black Sea?
    Industry Insights, 24 Apr 2021
    How does Australian wheat stack up against the Black Sea?

    Wheat from the Black Sea region and Argentina is generally less-preferred in South-East Asia than Australia's offering, but customers are attracted by the lower price. It is important that the Australian wheat industry remains armed with the insights needed to respond to the challenge.

  • Breakfast cereals reflect global trends
    Industry Insights, 17 Apr 2021
    Breakfast cereals reflect global trends

    Research by the Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council has highlighted some key areas of innovation in the fast-growing breakfast cereal market. Several global trends were represented in the expanding sector, with the granola and cluster category leading the expansion.

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