AEGIC’s value
The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre is Australia’s leading organisation for market insight, innovation and applied solutions for the grains industry.
AEGIC exists to increase value in the Australian grains industry by ensuring Australian grain meets the needs of customers and end-users.
About us
AEGIC is an independent, not-for-profit company established in 2012 to increase value in the Australian grains industry.
We are an investment of Australian grain growers and the Australian Government through the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), and the Western Australian Government through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD).
AEGIC increases value in the Australian grains industry by gathering, analysing and sharing market intelligence the industry needs to breed, classify, grow and supply grain that markets prefer.
Australian grain growers are AEGIC’s primary beneficiary.
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20 May, 2024
New investment from the Australian Government through the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) will allow AEGIC to continue building relationships in China to support the enhanced use of Australian barley by the Chinese malting and brewing industries.
10 May, 2024
Queensland baker Imogen Fearon has been crowned the winner of Australasia’s most prestigious baking competition – the LA Judge Award for baking apprentice of the year. Since 1967, the LA Judge Award has challenged young apprentice bakers from Australia and New Zealand in a fierce but friendly three-day competition. Imogen, from Chouquette Patisserie in New Farm, was presented with the coveted LA Judge title at a gala ceremony in Sydney on Thursday, 9 May 2024, presented by AEGIC and Woolworths.
16 April, 2024
16 April, 2024
16 April, 2024
16 April, 2024
It’s always a pleasure to visit customers of Australian wheat, such as Malaysia’s Massimo: The Italian Baker, a company that is capitalising on health and wellbeing trends in the region. Massimo is Malaysia’s second largest industrial-scale bakery and holds about 15% market share, targeting niche value-added product segments such as wheat germ bread, seeded barley […]
16 April, 2024
Ukrainian grain exports continue to be constrained. Ukraine’s upcoming summer crop could be its smallest harvest in twelve years.
16 April, 2024
Across the globe, wheat is a gift that keeps on giving. Farmers and scientists keep finding ways to lift wheat production.
26 March, 2024
CROPPED
About 22 million hectares are planted annually to commercial grain crops across Australia. During the past decade, state-of-the-art farming systems, new plant varieties and new techniques have increased the reliability of grain production in Australia’s growing environment.
PRODUCTION
Australia’s grain crops are in demand around the world for a range of high-quality end-products, including noodles, beer, baked products and animal feed.
The Australian wheat industry is export oriented, shipping about 65-75% of the nation’s total production to more than 50 countries. The majority of Australian wheat is exported in bulk cargoes with the top 10 importing countries accounting for 70-80% of exports.
Claiming more than 30% of the world’s malting barley trade, Australia is the world’s largest exporter of malting barley.
