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ABC BALLARAT | GPA calls for grower spot spraying data
Grain Producers Australia (GPA) is urging farmers to share their spray records as part of an effort to support the continued use of...
Sep 24, 2024


ABC TASMANIA COUNTRY HOUR | OGTR approves trials of GM wheat
The OGTR has approved trials of GM wheat which will take place in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Grain...
Sep 24, 2024


FARM WEEKLY | APVMA makes rare public call for ABC paraquat retraction
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has taken the unprecedented step of calling out the ABC regarding...
Sep 24, 2024


ABC VICTORIA COUNTRY HOUR | GPA seeking farmer spot spray records as key chemical review evidence
Spray records showing how and when farmers are using key herbicides currently under review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary...
Sep 24, 2024

THE LAND | Weidemann calls out paraquat side issues, urges importance of submissions
By Grain Producers Australia Research, Development and Extension Spokesperson Andrew Weidemann Australian grain growers could be set back...
Sep 22, 2024


GROWER SPOT-SPRAYING RECORDS NEEDED TO SUPPORT PARAQUAT/DIQUAT SUBMISSION DATA
Growers using automated spot-spraying records could provide key evidence of reduced and targeted herbicide use to support ongoing use of...
Sep 20, 2024


WA LIBERAL SENATOR SLADE BROCKMAN: WE MUST REMAIN A SYSTEM BASED ON THE SCIENCE
GPA acknowledges and thanks WA Liberal Senator, Slade Brockman, for his speech in the Federal Senate yesterday (18 September 2024),...
Sep 18, 2024

GPA WEBINAR - YOUR GUIDE TO A STRONG APVMA PARAQUAT-DIQUAT SUBMISSION
Grain Producers Australia is holding an online information session to help groups and individuals develop their submissions to the...
Sep 17, 2024

GM WHEAT TRIAL APPROVAL SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE GRAINS INDUSTRY
Careful regulatory oversight to allow genetically modified wheat trials is important for the sustainability of the Australian grains...
Sep 17, 2024


ABC WA COUNTRY HOUR | GPA ADDRESSES PARAQUAT SAFETY QUESTIONS
The future of herbicides paraquat and diquat in Australia will lie with science and not with recent "rhetoric" and "innuendo" connecting...
Sep 13, 2024

GPA CALLS OUT ABC FOR INACCURACY AND SCAREMONGERING ON PARAQUAT
Grain Producers Australia condemns the ABC's choices to rely on hearsay evidence to inform a campaign demonising the use of the herbicide...
Sep 13, 2024

GPA WELCOMES NEW GRDC CHAIR SHARON STARICK
Grain Producers Australia welcomes the announcement of Sharon Starick as the new Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)...
Sep 11, 2024

STOCK JOURNAL | Murraylands farmer Sharon Starick selected to lead GRDC
A farmer from South Australia's Murraylands region has been selected to lead the GRDC from next month. Sharon Starick was announced as...
Sep 11, 2024


Trade Farm Machinery | Industry code formed for autonomous farm machinery
A three-year program bringing together Grain Producers Australia (GPA), the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia (TMA) and the...
Aug 30, 2024


GPA pays tribute to Luke Bowen - an astute industry leader
GPA would like to join the many other farm industry representative groups, individuals and others – including political leaders – in...
Aug 29, 2024


GRAIN PRODUCERS TAKE LEAD ON DAILY COMMITMENT TO STRONG BIOSECURITY SYSTEM FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS
Our nation’s biosecurity system is in the spotlight for National Biosecurity Week  from August 26-30, but for Grain Producers Australia,...
Aug 28, 2024


FARMERS URGED TO SPEAK OUT AND REPORT SCAMS TO PROTECT EACH OTHER
Farmers selling items such as heavy machinery or sourcing stock feed continue to be targeted by scammers looking for quick profits and...
Aug 28, 2024


QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | 'Beautiful timing': Growers hope recent rains result in bumper harvests
Recent rains across Queensland have growers and agronomists quietly hopeful for the upcoming harvest. The balance of rain needed for...
Aug 21, 2024


QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | Similar tonnage, but national crop a mirror image of last year
cropping regions have swapped predicted outcomes when compared to last year, with the northern areas experiencing good rains while...
Aug 14, 2024


MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROMOTES LAUGHTER & REFLECTION AT EP FIELD DAYS
Grain Producers Australia’s successful mental health partnership kicked off on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula yesterday, with some...
Aug 8, 2024
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