Lives will continue to be lost among rural Australia's aviation sector unless there are major changes in training, safety and maintenance standards, according to a commercial mustering pilot who has gotten out of the industry because he didn't like what he was seeing.

SunRice could be processing at least 250,000 tonnes of paddy rice next year - up from back from just 44,000t this year - thanks to improved water allocation prospects

Grains Research and Development Corporation teams with Bayer in a $9 million deal to find alternatives to glyphosate.