October 2024 |
Classification Update Industry News
New resources providing guidance on the malting quality potential of recently accredited malt barley varieties are now available on the Grains Australia website. Grains Australia’s Malt Performance Summaries include malt variety quality data accumulated from pilot malting trials and commercial production, which is charted alongside data for established benchmark varieties. “The summaries are intended to […]
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September 2024 |
Grains Australia is pleased to announce that the Oat Varietal Classification Technical Committee has classified InterGrain’s oat variety Minnie (assessed as 15010-09) as a milling oat, under the new National Oat Variety Classification Framework. Minnie is a mid-slow maturity oat variety, with short stature, that is suited to medium and high rainfall zones in Australia. […]
August 2024 |
Classification Update Industry News Media Release
Grains Australia is pleased to announce that the Oat Varietal Classification Technical Committee has classified Seednet’s oat variety Koala as a milling oat, under the new National Oat Variety Classification Framework. This classification will open the door for Seednet’s first milling oat release. Grains Australia congratulates Seednet and the South Australian Research and Development Institute […]
Newly classified varieties of wheat are now listed on the 2024-25 Wheat Variety Master List, which names all current varieties approved by Grains Australia’s wheat classification process. They include nine Hard milling varieties, one Australian Noodle variety, one Australian White Wheat variety and one Australian Innovative Wheat variety. One new feed variety has also been […]
April 2024 |
The Grains Australia Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) met recently to carry out final assessment of the remaining varieties that were under evaluation in Stage Two of the malt accreditation program for 2023. Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malting barley accreditation of the barley variety, Zena CL. Zena CL […]
March 2024 |
Classification Update Media Release
Grains Australia Announces the Results of Malting Barley Accreditation Program Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malting barley accreditation of two barley varieties, Commodus CL and Minotaur. Commodus CL Commodus CL was submitted by InterGrain and was accredited as Malting Barley following evaluation by the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC), […]
The Grains Australia Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) met recently to carry out assessment of the various varieties currently under evaluation. Summary of results: Varieties undergoing Stage Two Evaluation Beast: Insufficient grain was available to complete full evaluation in 2023 and Stage Two evaluation will be continued in 2024. Cyclops: Insufficient grain […]
February 2024 |
Grains Australia is pleased to announce that its recently formed Oat Varietal Classification Technical Committee has classified InterGrain’s oat variety 13008-18 as a milling oat, under the new National Oat Variety Classification Framework. This classification – the first made under Grains Australia’s new framework – will open the door for InterGrain’s first milling oat release. […]
Industry News Media Release
Grains Australia has led the development of the first national variety classification frameworks for lentils and oats – to help meet the needs of Australian growers and domestic and international customers. “The aim is to add value to Australia’s lentil and oat industries through enabling differentiation of varieties based on quality characteristics desired by customers,” […]
January 2024 |
Grains Australia is pleased to announce that its Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) has made an early accreditation decision for Stage One varieties currently under evaluation. A summary of results is provided below: Varieties Undergoing Stage One Evaluation Neo CL: Parcels of grain were pilot malted, as planned, to satisfy the requirements […]
August 2023 |
Eleven new varieties of wheat have been classified and are now listed on the 2023-24 Wheat Variety Master List, including nine Hard milling varieties, one Australian Soft variety and one Australian Durum variety. Three new feed varieties have also been introduced onto the Master List. General Manager, Classification at Grains Australia, Dr Megan Sheehy said, […]
April 2023 |
Media Release
The Grains Australia Oat Council is pleased to announce that two new high-yielding oat varieties – 13008-18 from InterGrain and Koala from Seednet – have been accepted into the first stage of the new Australian Oat Classification Program. This announcement follows the inaugural in-person meeting of the Grains Australia Oat Council in Perth on 3 […]
March 2023 |
Grains Australia Announces the Results of Malting Barley Evaluation Trials Grains Australia is pleased to announce the successful malt accreditation of the barley variety, Buff. Buff was submitted by InterGrain and was accredited as Malting Barley following the evaluation trials conducted in association with the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) assessment, under […]
Industry News
The Grains Australia Barley Council has met to consider the recommendations from the Malting and Brewing Industry Barley Technical Committee (MBIBTC) for the various varieties currently under evaluation. Grains Australia took responsibility for all the technical functions associated with barley varietal classification, trade and market access, and information and education on behalf of the Australian […]
August 2022 |
Seven new varieties of wheat have been classified as part of the 2022/23 Wheat Variety Master List, including six Premium Hard milling varieties and one Durum variety. In addition, two new feed varieties have been introduced. General Manager, Classification at Grains Australia, Dr Megan Sheehy said the release of the 2023/23 Wheat Variety Master List […]
