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ABC BALLARAT | GPA calls for grower spot spraying data
Grain Producers Australia (GPA) is urging farmers to share their spray records as part of an effort to support the continued use of...
Sep 24, 2024


ABC TASMANIA COUNTRY HOUR | OGTR approves trials of GM wheat
The OGTR has approved trials of GM wheat which will take place in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Grain...
Sep 24, 2024


FARM WEEKLY | APVMA makes rare public call for ABC paraquat retraction
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has taken the unprecedented step of calling out the ABC regarding...
Sep 24, 2024


ABC VICTORIA COUNTRY HOUR | GPA seeking farmer spot spray records as key chemical review evidence
Spray records showing how and when farmers are using key herbicides currently under review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary...
Sep 24, 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 22, 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 18, 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


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...
Sep 11, 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 30, 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 21, 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 14, 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 8, 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 7, 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...
Aug 2, 2024


STOCK JOURNAL | Paraquat changes may spell the end of no-till
Proposed regulatory changes to how farmers can use paraquat and diquat would be detrimental to many farming systems reliant on no-till...
Aug 1, 2024


ABC COUNTRY HOUR | Paraquat decision removing vital farming tool that supports moisture and soil conservation
A draft decision by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to restrict the usage of a key chemical that...
Jul 31, 2024


THE LAND | New national agricultural biosecurity plan launched
Key grains industry groups launched the Biosecurity Plan for the Grains Industry at the Australian Grains Industry Conference in...
Jul 31, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | National grains biosecurity plan released at AGIC
A Plan to strengthen biosecurity protections and safeguard Australia's $32 billion grains industry was launched at the Australian Grains...
Jul 31, 2024


ABC VICTORIA COUNTRY HOUR | Grains industry takes the lead on biosecurity management
The Biosecurity Plan for the Grains Industry was launched by key industry partners at the Australian Grains Industry Conference in...
Jul 31, 2024
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