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Sep 22, 2024
THE LAND | Weidemann calls out paraquat side issues, urges importance of submissions
By Grain Producers Australia Research, Development and Extension Spokesperson Andrew Weidemann Australian grain growers could be set back...
Sep 20, 2024
GROWER SPOT-SPRAYING RECORDS NEEDED TO SUPPORT PARAQUAT/DIQUAT SUBMISSION DATA
Growers using automated spot-spraying records could provide key evidence of reduced and targeted herbicide use to support ongoing use of...
Sep 18, 2024
WA LIBERAL SENATOR SLADE BROCKMAN: WE MUST REMAIN A SYSTEM BASED ON THE SCIENCE
GPA acknowledges and thanks WA Liberal Senator, Slade Brockman, for his speech in the Federal Senate yesterday (18 September 2024),...
Sep 17, 2024
GPA WEBINAR - YOUR GUIDE TO A STRONG APVMA PARAQUAT-DIQUAT SUBMISSION
Grain Producers Australia is holding an online information session to help groups and individuals develop their submissions to the...
Sep 17, 2024
GM WHEAT TRIAL APPROVAL SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE GRAINS INDUSTRY
Careful regulatory oversight to allow genetically modified wheat trials is important for the sustainability of the Australian grains...
Sep 13, 2024
ABC WA COUNTRY HOUR | GPA ADDRESSES PARAQUAT SAFETY QUESTIONS
The future of herbicides paraquat and diquat in Australia will lie with science and not with recent "rhetoric" and "innuendo" connecting...
Sep 13, 2024
GPA CALLS OUT ABC FOR INACCURACY AND SCAREMONGERING ON PARAQUAT
Grain Producers Australia condemns the ABC's choices to rely on hearsay evidence to inform a campaign demonising the use of the herbicide...
Sep 11, 2024
GPA WELCOMES NEW GRDC CHAIR SHARON STARICK
Grain Producers Australia welcomes the announcement of Sharon Starick as the new Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)...
Sep 11, 2024
STOCK JOURNAL | Murraylands farmer Sharon Starick selected to lead GRDC
A farmer from South Australia's Murraylands region has been selected to lead the GRDC from next month. Sharon Starick was announced as...
Aug 30, 2024
Trade Farm Machinery | Industry code formed for autonomous farm machinery
A three-year program bringing together Grain Producers Australia (GPA), the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia (TMA) and the...
Aug 29, 2024
GPA pays tribute to Luke Bowen - an astute industry leader
GPA would like to join the many other farm industry representative groups, individuals and others – including political leaders – in...
Aug 28, 2024
GRAIN PRODUCERS TAKE LEAD ON DAILY COMMITMENT TO STRONG BIOSECURITY SYSTEM FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS
Our nation’s biosecurity system is in the spotlight for National Biosecurity Week  from August 26-30, but for Grain Producers Australia,...
Aug 28, 2024
FARMERS URGED TO SPEAK OUT AND REPORT SCAMS TO PROTECT EACH OTHER
Farmers selling items such as heavy machinery or sourcing stock feed continue to be targeted by scammers looking for quick profits and...
Aug 21, 2024
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | 'Beautiful timing': Growers hope recent rains result in bumper harvests
Recent rains across Queensland have growers and agronomists quietly hopeful for the upcoming harvest. The balance of rain needed for...
Aug 14, 2024
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | Similar tonnage, but national crop a mirror image of last year
cropping regions have swapped predicted outcomes when compared to last year, with the northern areas experiencing good rains while...
Aug 8, 2024
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROMOTES LAUGHTER & REFLECTION AT EP FIELD DAYS
Grain Producers Australia’s successful mental health partnership kicked off on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula yesterday, with some...
Aug 8, 2024
MURRAY BRIDGE NEWS | Cricketer Brad Hogg is coming to Mypo to lift farmers’ spirits
The South Australian River Murray town of Mypolonga will play host to retired Australian cricketer Brad Hogg next week as a part of Grain...
Aug 8, 2024
WORLD GRAIN | Australia unveils grain biosecurity plan
A plan designed to implement a range of targeted activities and investments to strengthen biosecurity protections and safeguard the $32...
Aug 7, 2024
FARM ONLINE | The three sectors who will lose the most under paraquat changes
APVMA's proposals to change allowed use of paraquat and diquat could have dire consequences for some sectors of agriculture. FarmOnline...
Aug 2, 2024
COUNTRYMAN | Ambitious biosecurity plan aims to arm Australia’s grains industry against exotic pests
The Australian Grains Industry Biosecurity Plan will provide industry and governments a framework to prevent, prepare for and respond to...
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