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• Australian Grains Champion withdraws CBH proposal

  
  ABC Rural

  By Joanna Prendergast

  Posted September 19, 2016 18:20:31

  The company behind a bid to corporatise Australia's largest exporter of grain, the CBH Group, withdraws its proposal.

  Topics: grain, wheat, crop-harvesting, agribusiness, perth-6000

• Irrigated agriculture now worth more than $15 billion

  
  QLD Country Hour

  By Kallee Buchanan

  Posted September 15, 2016 11:30:36

  The value of irrigated agricultural production in Australia has hit more than $15 billion.

  Topics: rural, sheep-production, goat-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, crop-harvesting, wool, wheat, viticulture, vegetables, sugar, rice, oilseeds, herbs, grain, fruits, fruit, flowers, cotton, agricultural-prices, bundaberg-4670, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act

• Crop researchers examine deep rooting ability of cereals in a bid to boost yields

  
  WA Country Hour

  By Tara de Landgrafft

  Posted September 15, 2016 11:02:36

  Researchers around Australia are building designer root systems to help crops better access moisture and nutrients.

  Topics: agricultural-crops, wheat, research, esperance-6450

• Intergrain looking at partnership options after Monsanto pulls out

  
  ABC Rural

  By Belinda Varischetti

  Posted September 13, 2016 16:26:29

  WA-based wheat and barley breeding company Intergrain says it needs to find a new strategic partner for its wheat program, following Monsanto's decision to walk away.

  Topics: grain, agribusiness, wheat

• WA Grain growers exporting CBH's future

  
  ABC Rural

  By Belinda Varischetti

  Posted September 01, 2016 16:53:25

  Western Australia's main grain handler and Australia's largest exporter of grain, the CBH Group, is nearing the end a series of grower meetings to discuss the future structure of its business.

  Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-crops, wheat, perth-6000

• WA grain farmers claim losses of $7.4 million in Emerald 2011/2012 pool performance case

  
  WA Country Hour

  By Belinda Varischetti

  Posted August 29, 2016 15:50:42 | Updated August 29, 2016 17:51:38

  A group of 47 Western Australian farmers has filed a writ in the Supreme Court against Emerald Grain over the performance of its 2011/2012 grain pool.

  Topics: crop-harvesting, industry, grain, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, wheat, laws, perth-6000

• DNA discovery offers hope for saturated cereals

  
  Tas Country Hour

  By Rose Grant

  Posted August 23, 2016 09:31:42 | Updated August 23, 2016 11:41:32

  The solution to water-logging losses in cereal crops could lie in a single gene.

  Topics: grain, rice, wheat, genetics, rainfall, agribusiness, prospect-7250, launceston-7250

• Trade Minister mounts full-throated defence of controversial Pacific trade pact

  
  ABC Rural

  By Anna Vidot

  Posted August 10, 2016 18:00:31

  Minister Steven Ciobo rejects suggestions that India trade talks have stalled, and mounts a vocal defence of the controversial Pacific trade deal, TPP.

  Topics: fruit, agricultural-marketing, international-aid-and-trade, agricultural-subsidies, beef-cattle, trade, agreements-and-treaties, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, federal-government, wheat, agribusiness, vegetables, parliament-house-2600

• Smarter breeding for tougher plants

  
  ABC Rural

  By Paul Maland

  Posted August 09, 2016 17:15:10

  Adelaide University researchers help produce drought-resistant plants with higher yields.

  Topics: science-and-technology, wheat, agricultural-crops, drought, climate-change, adelaide-5000

• Climate change will not offer farmers frost relief

  
  NSW Country Hour

  By Sally Bryant

  Posted August 09, 2016 09:45:11

  You might expect rising temperatures to offer farmers hope of a reduced risk of late season frost damage to wheat, but that is not how it works.

  Topics: wheat, agricultural-crops, weather, gilgandra-2827

• Farmers welcome partial climate backtrack from CSIRO

  
  ABC Rural

  By Anna Vidot

  Posted August 04, 2016 16:47:45

  Farmers welcome partial backtrack on CSIRO cuts, but call on the Government to invest more in climate change adaptation research for agriculture.

  Topics: climate-change, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, grain, viticulture, wheat, agricultural-policy, livestock, parliament-house-2600

• German farmers push for farm chemical acceptance

  
  ABC Rural

  By Warwick Long

  Posted August 02, 2016 17:12:25

  European farmers are fighting to stop a ban on the most used farm chemical in the world.

  Topics: agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, health-policy, wheat, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, germany, shepparton-3630

• Australian agriculture call for Indonesia talks to address non-tariff barriers

  
  ABC Rural

  By Anna Vidot

  Posted August 01, 2016 13:29:21

  Australian agricultural exporters hope talks with Indonesia will deliver a more consistent and open trading relationship between the two countries.

  Topics: trade, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, agricultural-crops, fruit, agricultural-policy, livestock, beef-cattle, quarantine, wheat, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600

• 'New benchmark' high-protein WA wheat variety raises trade hopes

  
  By Laura Gartry

  Posted July 31, 2016 08:51:55 | Updated July 31, 2016 09:21:34

  A new high protein wheat variety developed in Western Australia dubbed "tungsten" could add millions of dollars to the nation's export market, researchers say.

  Topics: agricultural-crops, wheat, rural, wa

• Markets Report Video

  Video
  Landline

  8min 15sec

  Posted July 30, 2016 14:02:00

  This week Nathan Cattle, CEO Profarmer, talks to Kerry about the volume of wheat on the world market.

  Topics: wheat, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, livestock, australia

• Soils reach saturation point in parts of Victoria

  
  ABC Rural

  By Nikolai Beilharz

  Posted July 26, 2016 14:38:21

  Recent wet weather leaves some parts of Victoria waterlogged, with crops at risk of drowning.

  Topics: fruit, grain, vegetables, wheat, irrigation, melbourne-3000, horsham-3400, kaniva-3419, sale-3850, hamilton-3300

• NAB report warns of falling pulse prices

  
  ABC Rural

  By Clint Jasper

  Posted July 26, 2016 11:17:53

  A NAB report says rising production in Canada, India will see prices tumble next year.

  Topics: agricultural-prices, grain, oilseeds, wheat, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000

• Report reveals grain growers have bounced back from tough drought years

  
  ABC Rural

  By Clint Jasper

  Posted July 25, 2016 18:00:13

  A stocktake of Australia's grains sector reveals production has returned to long-term averages after the millennium drought five years ago.

  Topics: wheat, grain, oilseeds, food-processing, agricultural-prices, trade, food-and-beverage, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000

• Tasmania's search for 'hyper-yielding' wheat

  
  Tas Country Hour

  By Rose Grant

  Posted July 19, 2016 16:15:22

  Grains industry research is unlocking the genetic potential of feed wheat in southern Australia, and finding hyper-yielding crops for Tasmania.

  Topics: agribusiness, grain, wheat, research, hagley-7292

• USDA crop projections lead to slight lift in global wheat, corn prices

  
  ABC Rural

  By Clint Jasper

  Posted July 13, 2016 12:43:41

  The globe is still oversupplied, but the USDA says it is a little less so than previously estimated.

  Topics: grain, oilseeds, wheat, agricultural-prices, food-and-beverage, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000

• WA program breeds resistance to Russian wheat aphid

  
  WA Country Hour

  By Lucinda Jose

  Posted July 01, 2016 16:13:06

  Murdoch University researchers have successfully bred plant resistance to five of the eight known biotypes of Russian wheat aphid.

  Topics: wheat, pests, environment, rural, perth-6000

• Russian wheat aphid treatment a bother for organic grain croppers

  
  Vic Country Hour

  By Emma Brown

  Posted June 30, 2016 13:24:50

  An organic grain grower says the Russian wheat aphid may force him out of cereal production.

  Topics: pests, pest-management, grain, wheat, agricultural-policy, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, murrayville-3512, mildura-3500

• Cheap freight, buoyant wheat supplies helping Russia sell grain to SE Asian ports

  
  ABC Rural

  By Clint Jasper

  Posted June 28, 2016 08:54:14

  Rock bottom freight rates and a global wheat glut mean the situation won't change anytime soon.

  Topics: agricultural-prices, grain, oilseeds, wheat, food-and-beverage, food-processing, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, hobart-7000

• Wheat hit by Russian aphid shows strong recovery

  
  Vic Country Hour

  By David Sparkes

  Posted June 24, 2016 11:59:30 | Updated June 24, 2016 12:11:37

  The first wheat crop in Australia to be hit by the Russian aphid appears to have recovered strongly after treatment.

  Topics: rural, pests, wheat, horsham-3400

• Good season opening puts Australian growers on track for bumper harvest

  
  ABC Rural

  By Clint Jasper and Laurissa Smith

  Posted June 15, 2016 09:21:15 | Updated June 15, 2016 11:25:27

  Commodity forecaster ABARES says the total area of crops is rising, but wheat and barley account for less.

  Topics: grain, oilseeds, wheat, crop-harvesting, agricultural-prices, food-and-beverage, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, hobart-7000