Grains News

• Grain storage still high

  The end of the grain harvest has brought a big increase in the amount of grain in storage across the country. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says that in

• Rail freight line work done

  Work has finished on an important rail freight branch line in Victoria's Wimmera-Mallee. Trains are expected to start running on the Yaapeet line in the next few weeks

• Farmers warned of mice threat

  Farmers are worried populations of mice carrying through summer might again cause problems in Victoria's grain belt during planting. Bait mixing stations were set up last

• Victoria still mopping up after floods a year ago

  Victorians are remembering last year's January floods. A year ago, more than a fifth of Victoria was underwater, the worst flooding in a century. Farmers outside Charlton in western Victoria are

• CBH works to cut freight costs

  Western Australian grain handler CBH says it is working to improve the sustainability of the farming industry after a record-breaking harvest in 2011. WA broke the 2003