Grain

Farmers say it took time to bounce back from China's tariffs on Australian barley, but the reopening of the market has been positive.

Australia's aquaculture industry contributes billions to the economy every year, but the fish food industry supporting its growth is also big business.

What were you doing at 21 years old? Most likely not overseeing the operations at one of the busiest grain receival sites in the country. But it's all in day's work for Ellie Murden.

Some mills have been given new life as art installations, but this southern NSW mill is still turning local wheat into flour much like it did in 1888.

Premier Steven Miles says rain and cloud in Far North Queensland has hampered efforts to airlift residents of Wujal Wujal to an evacuation centre, but another attempt will be made on Tuesday morning.

Many grain farmers in South Australia are celebrating an early harvest and planning how they will keep busy on what will be one of their earliest breaks at Christmas time.

The dry spring caused by El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole climate patterns is expected to result in a $16 billion fall in the value of agriculture this financial year.

A heavy downpour across southern Australia has coincided with the peak of the busy grain harvest season, throwing farmers' plans into disarray.

John Snooke says the Pacific Seeds' "garrison" canola variety's underperformance has cost him more than $70,000, but the company will not pay compensation.

The 25-year-old French man died following a suspected brown snake bite while working as a grain harvest casual in north-west Victoria.

Some farmers say the hot, dry spring has brought on the earliest start they have ever seen, with a run of hot days ripening crops a lot quicker than expected.

Touted as a new-age biofuel by its promoters, a safflower harvest has been sold as birdseed after a lawyer found an alternative market for farmers who had been contracted to grow it.

There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice. If you've ever wondered about the differences between all the colourful rices at the supermarket, here's a rundown.

Some in the state have endured the driest periods in decades and say the falls will put them in good stead for the summer to come.

Ausgold's boss says while there are mixed views on the "change of identity" that comes with a shift from farming to mining, his company doesn't want to "just drop this on top of Katanning".

After 15 years, John Gladigau is stepping away from Bulla Burra farm to pursue other leadership opportunities, leaving Robin Schaefer in charge.

Forecasts of drier conditions ahead see the national commodity forecaster ABARES peg this season's agriculture production at $80 billion — down from an all-time high of $92b last season.

A new investigation says Russian attacks on ports and warehouses critical to Ukraine's grain exports surged after Moscow withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal.

Officials say the attack on a southern sea port reduced its capacity by 15 per cent and accused Russia of systematically targeting agricultural exports.

Growing up on a farm in South Australia, Tully Heinrich's friends didn't take her dream of becoming a model seriously, but now she is gracing the catwalks of New York and Paris.

China's decision to drop an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley is putting smiles on growers' faces, as the industry continues to grapple with a ban on a key market player.

There is no decision, but the Australian government is saying it expects China to lift the massive tariffs on Australian barley or it will go back to the WTO.

The Kremlin says it cannot return to the UN-brokered deal to ensure global food security, because there has been no progress on ensuring Russian exports in the face of Western sanctions.

The North African country has been battling through its worst drought in years, but that is not the only factor affecting food availability.

Global grain prices have jumped after Russia bombed a Ukrainian grain port and threatened further destruction upon any cargo ship attempting to leave Ukraine.