Working in the grains industry isn't all sitting in an air-conditioned cabin, there are still a number of major safety risks to manage.

This year's below average winter rainfall in eastern Australia is part of a drying pattern over winter over the past 20 years.

BOM data now rates the current dry through the Murray Darling Basin as the worst on record.

The GRDC has come to the aid of growers interested in learning more about grain storage but lacking the time or ability to get to a workshop.

A project improving the nutritional profile of staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava is kicking goals.

The drought and below average national wheat production is meaning other destinations are filling the gaps supplying wheat to SE Asia.

LUPIN growers, particularly those in the Geraldton port zone, are encouraged to assess their crops for manganese deficiency - a problem which has resurfaced in recent years.

There is a big gap between the haves and have nots in terms of winter crop potential this year.

While the north is still in drought, the good potential in other areas mean livestock industries will be able to source sufficient grain.

The countdown is on to Innovation Generation 2019 - to be held in Ballarat.