The Grain.net.au Blog
Analysis, commentary, market updates and stories from across the Australian grain and pulse industry.
A major freight promise has just been cut short The federal government has now confirmed that Inland Rail will be consolidated at Parkes, with construction…
Stand at the gate of any feedlot on the Darling Downs at five in the morning and you’ll see them lining up — B-doubles, road…
For about a decade now, regenerative agriculture has sat in an awkward place in the Australian grain industry. Too promising to ignore, too unproven to…
On a wet Monday morning in late February, the Indian Pacific was turned around somewhere west of Kalgoorlie and sent back to Perth. The Trans-Australian…
Here’s a number that should give the grain industry pause. In 2025, China bought just over 6.0 million tonnes of Australian barley — more than…
If you’d walked into a grower’s shed in May last year and told them Australia was about to bring in its second-largest winter crop ever,…
Why the 2026 winter crop is shaping as such a hard call There are some seasons where growers are mainly fighting the weather, and others…
Why this year’s winter crop decision feels harder than usual Every autumn brings a familiar question across Australian grain country: plant hard, plant cautiously, or…
Why the Mort & Co sale matters to the grain industry Mort & Co’s decision to take the remaining business to market is one of…
Australia’s grain and pulse future looks strong, but it will not be simple The future of the Australian grain and pulse industry still looks fundamentally…