Grains News

• Hope for a cheaper mouse bait

  Cheaper poison control will soon be available to those farmers battling the mouse plague on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. A new product, that's been given regulatory approval by the Australian

• Global grain prices tipped to climb further

  Grain traders are predicting international grain prices will continue to rise in the coming months. Prices have soared in the past month due to crops losses caused by a drought in Russia and

• One more week for WA farmers to decide on biosecurity contribution

  Farmers in Western Australia have until July 31 to decide whether they will contribute to the State Government's new Biosecurity Funding Scheme. The Scheme is divided into three separate industry

• Wheat price surges again due to production concerns

  The price of wheat has jumped as much as $50 a tonne over the past month, catching many analysts by surprise. Earlier in the month, the United States Department of Agriculture told the market less

• The super seed Chia takes off

  An interest in health foods has led to one farmer introducing a so-called super seed, the 'chia' in the Kimberley. It's taken to the conditions so well that John Foss says his company is now the