ABB Grain, a leading Australian agribusiness, has completed their acquisition of the ruminant business of New Zealand’s PCL Feeds, a division of Mainland Poultry Ltd. ABB Grain markets a wide range of cereal grains, oilseeds and pulses to customers in Australia and overseas, and last year embarked on a joint venture in Ukraine - signalling their expansion intentions. From July 1 ABB Grain assumed full management of PCL’s New Plymouth mill on the north island, including production, procurement... ...Read more »

Predictions of a record Australian wheat crop have been hit by drought in the grain belt of NSW. Despite this, record planting levels are set to become a reality with strong harvests dependant upon some wet weather in the coming months. The NSW Government have released their latest drought figures, which indicate 48.4% of the state is now in drought as opposed to 42.9% in March. The NSW DPI has now predicted planting of about 3.4 hectares of wheat with those figures reliant on “good... ...Read more »

A combination of record low global inventory levels, weather induced supply side shocks, surging outside investor influence, record oil prices and structural changes in demand for grains and oilseeds have created an explosive environment for prices, a recently-released industry report from the world’s leading food and agribusiness bank, Rabobank, says. The Rabobank Global Focus report titled Grains & oilseeds – is it a new era for prices?, says that while it is still early days, the outlook... ...Read more »

Growers are now able to keep up-to-date via the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s (GRDC) new e-newsletter advisory service. The service is free and will provide growers with fortnightly updates on grain industry news and events via links to the GRDC website. The service has been created in a way which allows growers to identify certain areas of interest. Register online or call (02) 6166 4500 for more information.  Read More →