By Grain Producers Australia Chair Barry Large This year reinforces why a strong, independent national voice for grain producers matters. As 2025 draws to a close, it is worth taking stock of what has been a busy and constructive year for Grain Producers Australia (GPA) and for the growers we represent. It also highlighted the importance of staying focused on the long game. Sound policy, good governance, strong biosecurity and practical innovation do not happen overnig

The 2024-2025 National Residue Survey (NRS) Grains Brochure has demonstrated increasingly strong results, with overall compliance with Australian pesticide residue standards 99.6 per cent. Operating within the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, the NRS helps maintain standards, through compliance with pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs), to help facilitate important trade and market access for Australian grain producers and industry. This year’s NRS Gra

Growers, storage operators and transporters now have access to an updated khapra beetle fact sheet to assist with identifying, understanding and reporting the high priority pest. Launched by Plant Health Australia as a part of the Grains Farm Biosecurity Plan , the fact sheet includes images of the beetle in various life stages, indications of presence and damage in stored grain and information about how it spreads. The Khapra beetle larvae detection in mid-2025 is a timely

The Federal Government's plans to recover the regulatory costs of agricultural exports has industry concerned the announcement is a cost shifting exercised. The new cost recovery arrangements are expected to collect millions of dollars from mid next year. The Weekly Times spoke to Grain Producers Australia Southern Region Director Andrew Weidemann, who said while there was little information released publicly ahead of the January 2026 public consultation, GPA has concerns. “T