Publication Date

8-2026

Publisher

Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre and DPIRD

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 all the AEGIC blog posts, bar one, in this collation Ross Kingwell, currently DPIRD’s principal economist. Peter Elliott contributed the additional blog piece.

Contents:

  • We have the plants… but have we the pathways?
  • Why do supply chain costs matter?
  • Supply curves and chains, for the long run
  • Volatility in Australia’s wheat export supply chains
  • Costs of uncertain supply
  • Value chains: their importance for feed grains
  • What’s behind the cost of shipping?
  • Grain supply is not always just about price
  • Container shipping rates: back to normal?
  • AI helps reduce shipping costs
  • Panama is Pana-might?

Number of Pages

32

Keywords

grains, blogpost, economics

Disciplines

Agricultural and Resource Economics | Agronomy and Crop Sciences

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