Publication Date

8-2026

Publisher

Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre

City

Perth

Abstract

The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) was an independent, not-for-profit organisation established in 2012 by the Western Australian Government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Its core mission was to increase the value and international competitiveness of Australia’s multibillion-dollar export grains industry. AEGIC ceased operation at the end of 2025.

Early in its history between 20 to 30 staff from the former Western Australian Department of Agriculture were seconded to AEGIC. Following the formation of DPIRD, AEGIC continued to receive substantial annual funding support from DPIRD.

This publication is a legacy document containing collated AEGIC blog posts on various grains industry topics. The core functions of AEGIC have been rolled into a new organisation, Grains Australia, that is solely funded by the GRDC.

The author of the collated AEGIC blog posts in this report is Ross Kingwell, currently DPIRD’s principal economist.

Contents:

  • An answer to a (plant breeder’s) prayer
  • Agricultural productivity is helping feed the world
  • What is the grains industry’s value proposition for local households?
  • The challenge of yield advancement ― we are not alone
  • Australian grain flows towards 2030
  • Climate change and grain production: winners and losers
  • Wheat yield trends across Australia
  • Slip sliding away ― a wake-up call?
  • Continuous improvement: why it matters
  • Dorothea Mackellar is still right!
  • The pie is getting bigger: why grain market growth rates matter
  • Is big best?
  • What have the Romans ever done for us?
  • Is this as good as it gets?
  • Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch!
  • Time to celebrate….at least in the west of the nation
  • More to celebrate….well done grains industry!
  • Wheat production and genetic diversity
  • Historical changes to Australian wheat
  • Wheat: the gift that keeps on giving
  • Hats off to science and innovation

Number of Pages

57

Keywords

grains, economics, agriculture

Disciplines

Agricultural and Resource Economics | Agronomy and Crop Sciences

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