Grain aggregator Viterra Australia will not receive canola treated with the herbicide haloxyfop from the 2024-25 harvest to ensure continued access to the EU market.
Australia's barley trade with China has the potential to expand further following a government-backed grant to support relationships between Australian growers and Chinese maltsters and brewers.
Victorian state agriculture body Agriculture Victoria has detected avian influenza while investigating poultry deaths at a farm, prompting concerns that it could affect Australian cattle markets as it has in the US.
Australia's cropping regions show an imbalance as the winter crop planting period progresses, according to the Grain Producers Australia (GPA) latest 2024 season update.
The outlook for Australia's crop and beef production is turning more positive in 2024-25, with the country's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) updating its climate forecast towards a La Nina weather trend forming at the end of this year.