Rural

South East Asia has a taste for Australian wheat, securing 44 per cent of export volumes.

Flooding in Western Australia creates a 500-hectare lake on what was valuable grain growing land on Western Australia's south coast.

Scientists discover what they hope will extend the life of chemicals used to control expensive agricultural weeds.

The Food and Grocery Council is warning producers and manufacturers the supermarket price squeeze will continue for some time yet.

US farmers respond to low grain prices by planting more corn and soy.

The New South Wales winter harvest for 2016/2017 will be the biggest one ever.

A bulk grain handler receives a near-record volume of grain this year from New South Wales, Victorian and Queensland farmers, despite flooding and extended wet conditions across much of the south-east.

Western Australia's main grain handler and Australia's largest exporter of grain, the CBH Group, will spend a record $62.7 million on rebates to WA farmers.

Grain growers look at novel ways to store a record amount of harvested grain on their farms this season, amid low prices.

Researchers hope that if people start eating just the amount of protein they need, it could help cut back on how much nitrogen is being used on farms.

A Narrabri man is harvesting the wheat crop he planted on the verge outside of his home.

For only the second time in 30 years, farmers in north west Victoria will still be harvesting grain at Christmas.

Future grains research and development in Western Australia will be driven by partnerships with universities, corporate entities and potentially, the CBH Group.

Huge cereal and pulse yields almost never happened in Victoria's north west with a phenomenal year only coming at the last minute.

The corporate regulator is not able to prove former Australian Wheat Board chairman Trevor Flugge and former senior officer Peter Geary knew of breaches to UN sanctions during the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.

Russia is expected to become the world's largest wheat exporter this season.

A 90-year-old Mallee farmer is in the midst of harvesting his last — and best ever — crop, after years of drought, floods and everything in between.

ABARES is forecasting a 6.1 per cent increase in Australia's agricultural production for 2016-17, driven by unexpectedly high grain yields.

Western Victorian grain farmer rebounds from two years of drought and a broken neck, harvesting bumper crops.

As farmers get stuck into a bumper harvest, slumping prices are proving to be disappointing.

South Australian grain producers are gearing up for one of the biggest harvests on record, with yields so good it is expected to boost the state's economy by about $3 billion.

The grain harvest in New South Wales is in full swing and farmers are hoping for a good finish to the season.

The east coast grain handler GrainCorp made a $31 million profit last financial year.

The Turnbull Government is seeking to reassure Australians following a US presidential election that could dramatically change the global trade landscape.

Australia's peak grains research body, the GRDC, has visited frost-affected farms in Western Australia's great southern this week ahead of its national frost initiative review.