Australia’s record barley crop being exported at pace
After a slow start to the Australian new crop grain export program in October 2025, which was largely due to the late harvest, shipping of…
Australia’s Winter Crop 25/26 harvest nears completion, barley production record smashed!
The Australian Crop 25/26 is close to completion, with 98% of the estimated crop in the bin. Using bulk handler receival data, week ending 4…
Australia on track for a record barley crop: making it potentially the largest global malting barley producer!
ABARES’ latest Australian Crop Report, released in the first week of December 2025, is forecasting Australia to produce a winter crop of 66.3mmt, the second…
Australian barley crop on track to be a bin buster!
The Australian barley industry is on track to harvest a record 25/26 crop. Following the release of the ABARES Australian Crop Report in September, which…
IGC forecasts a record total grains crop in 25/26, exceeding last year’s record
The International Grains Council (IGC) released its latest global grain production update on the 18 September. Revising upwards wheat and barley production, it has boosted…
ABARES forecasts Australia’s Winter crop to be the third largest on record
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has increased its Australian Winter crop production forecast to 62.0 mmt, +11% from its…
Will Australia’s grain trade to China become even more important?
As American tariffs reconfigure world trade and record crops and mixed demand drives grain values lower, speakers at last month’s Australian Grains Industry Conference provided…
Trade talk has exports of the Australian 24/25 Barley crop well advanced, do the statistics line up?
In MaltNews’ March 2025 edition, the ABARES forecast of crop 24/25 Australian barley production was provided and an estimate of the exportable surplus for feed…
ABARES optimistic about Australia’s 25/26 Winter crop, Barley production forecast 12.8mmt
In it’s first Australian Crop Report for season 25/26, ABARES recently released a surprisingly optimistic forecast for this year’s Winter crop considering the drought currently…
Trump’s reshaping of global trade is underway: what’s the impact so far?
If the Trump political apparatus wanted disruption to American and Global economies after the first 100 days of its tenure, it’s got it! The American…