The Grain.net.au Blog
Analysis, commentary, market updates and stories from across the Australian grain and pulse industry.
Ask a grain grower what determines their profitability and you’ll hear about rainfall, input costs, commodity prices, the Australian dollar. Ask them about the supply…
Why Australian Grain Grades Matter In the Australian grain trade, a “grade” is really a shorthand way of telling buyers what sort of grain they…
Safe Grain Storage in Australia Starts With More Than Just a Container Safe grain storage in Australia is not simply about putting grain under cover…
Here is a number that should make you pause: Australia, a continent-sized agricultural powerhouse that exported $75.8 billion worth of farm products last financial year,…
Somewhere on a Darling Downs paddock right now, a header is chewing through sorghum that’s yielding five, six, maybe seven tonnes to the hectare. The…
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait—the Gate of Tears, in Arabic—has been causing headaches for maritime trade since antiquity. But it’s the Strait of Hormuz, 2,500 kilometres…
There’s a number doing the rounds in Australian grain circles that deserves a moment of appreciation before we start pulling it apart: 27.35 million tonnes.…
In May 2020, the Australian barley industry woke up to a nightmare. China—the destination for more than half of the country’s barley exports, a market…
Australia’s grain and pulse supply chain looks simple from a distance: grow the crop, harvest it, move it, sell it, ship it. In reality, it…
If you took a drive through the Lockyer Valley or out towards the Darling Downs a couple of years back, you would have seen a…