Western Australia's wheat growers will get quick access to germplasm for high-earning varieties when a joint venture between the Council of Grain Grower Organisations (COGGO) and wheat breeding giant, Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), is ratified later this month.

AGT is an incorporated joint venture between the Grains Research and Development Corporation, the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the University of Adelaide, the University of Sydney and Graincorp Pty Ltd.

AGT has maintained Western Australian operations since 2002, when it opened a satellite site in Esperance. The COGGO joint venture will see those operations sprout into a full-scale branch giving local breeders a unique mix of the best eastern states and Western Australian technologies.

According to Bindi Bindi, Western Australian grower and COGGO Chairman, Bruce Piper, it will give the state advanced access to top shelf eastern states varieties ahead of their release, while adding innovative Western Australia-developed germplasm into the mix.