Goal is to boost rice productivity and self-sufficiency.

Mike Nickolas will step down at the end of January 2019.

U.K. company will also close a third mill after announcing €11.7 million loss.

Acquisition of Nu-World Foods comes 18 months after purchase of Purity Foods.

It is considered the highest professional distinction for an engineer.

Poor seasonal conditions create grain demand in the region.

Agreement, renamed USMCA, is seen as a generally positive development by grain groups.

Facility near Port of Geelong now has malting production capacity of 200,000 tonnes.

Consumption, carryover stocks forecasts also are raised from a month ago.

Thirty-three online courses geared toward building skills in the grain industry.