Financial value of milling Australian wheat

Grist for the mill: demonstrating the financial value of milling Australian wheat

For Asian flour mills, choosing high-quality Australian wheat over lower-quality wheat can sometimes result in significant cost savings, even though Australian wheat might be more expensive per tonne. By making wheat buyers aware of more advanced wheat valuing techniques, they are more likely to select Australian wheat.

This project educates both buyers and sellers of Australian wheat about advanced wheat valuing techniques. We demonstrate how to calculate the true value of wheat lots, considering the superior quality aspects common in Australian wheat such as low screenings, low moisture, and high flour extraction rates. When these qualities are taken into consideration, Australian wheat can be better value.

Completed (March 2025)

• We updated AEGIC’s Quantifying the true cost of wheat lots to optimise value for flour mills information pack with:
  • Current season information.
  • Cxplanation of how the specifics at a given mill, such as limits of the scales, may impact the linear programming calculation.
  • Pointers on how the linear programming method can be used to optimise flour stream selection.
• We presented key aspects of how to quantify wheat value during:
  • An in-person training course to domestic members of the Australian grains industry in December 2024.
  • An in-person training course to international millers in February 2025.
  • AGIC Asia conference March 2025.

Scheduled (by June 2025)

• Key aspects of how to quantify wheat value will be presented during an in-person training course to domestic members of the Australian grains industry in June 2025 and again before December 2025.

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