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  • The true value of Australian wheat
    Industry Insights, 15 Aug 2022
    The true value of Australian wheat

    AEGIC is helping millers understand the ‘true cost’ of flour production to better position Australian wheat as a preferred choice for Asian flour mills when it comes to quality and overall value.

  • Wholegrain consumption reduces inflammation
    Industry Insights, 10 Aug 2022
    Wholegrain consumption reduces inflammation

    How do foods – or groups of foods – help to reduce inflammation and how does this help us? Can we eat our way into healthier habits and reduce our risk of disease?

  • Growers adopt sustainable practices: farm survey
    Industry Insights, 02 Aug 2022
    Growers adopt sustainable practices: farm survey

    A comprehensive survey of 1200 Australia grain growers from different farming regions shows they are increasingly adopting more sustainable crop management practices.

  • Know your limits: managing fatigue critical to farm safety
    Industry Insights, 14 Jun 2022
    Know your limits: managing fatigue critical to farm safety

    Grain grower Mark Modra can recall almost every detail of the vehicle rollover that left him in hospital with a broken back – and the work schedule that led up to it. He spent the next six weeks on his back with plenty of time to reflect on the circumstances leading up to the accident.

  • Grains Farm Biosecurity Program welcomes GBO
    Industry Insights, 10 Jun 2022
    Grains Farm Biosecurity Program welcomes GBO

    The Grains Farm Biosecurity Program has welcomed Kate Glastonbury as the new grains biosecurity officer (GBO) for New South Wales, based in Orange. GBOs are at the front line of protecting Australia’s second-largest agricultural industry by helping growers manage biosecurity risks at a farm and industry level.

  • Is your field day a biosecurity risk?
    Industry Insights, 09 Jun 2022
    Is your field day a biosecurity risk?

    Field days provide valuable opportunities for growers, agricultural professionals and extension workers to learn about the latest farming technology, different seed varieties and techniques to boost production. Managing these risks can be simple, safeguarding all involved in hosting and attending field days.

  • Australia’s GM safflower demand on the rise
    Industry Insights, 08 Jun 2022
    Australia’s GM safflower demand on the rise

    A significant increase in demand for Australia’s genetically modified (GM) high oleic acid safflower oil has been reported this season as market preferences and access to resources shift globally.

  • Innovators turn straw into renewable ammonia
    Industry Insights, 10 May 2022
    Innovators turn straw into renewable ammonia

    Increasing fertiliser prices and lack of security of supply, together with a need to use more sustainable resources, have been the catalyst for two innovative companies to consider ways to produce hydrogen from crop straw. HydGene Renewables and Wildfire Energy have been supported by the Australian Government’s Business Research and Innovation Initiative to develop their proof-of-concept technologies that have the potential to be used on-farm, in sustainable circular economies.

  • Sprouted wheat a viable option for animal feed
    Industry Insights, 01 May 2022
    Sprouted wheat a viable option for animal feed

    International feed grain buyers are receiving advice on how to incorporate sprouted wheat into animal rations, after a wet Australian harvest in some areas in 2021-22 resulted in sprouted crops. The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre supported Australian grain traders and international customers with technical information on the use of sprouted wheat for animal feed.

  • New dietary fibre analysis technique introduced
    Industry Insights, 29 Apr 2022
    New dietary fibre analysis technique introduced

    Food Standards Australia New Zealand is set to add a new method of analysis to the Food Standards Code. The rapid integrated dietary fibre method (RIDFM), submitted by the Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council, has taken three years to come to fruition.

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