Jun 25, 2025
Hay Report - We talk to industry pioneer Jim Hoffmann
For the fortnight up to the 25th of June 2025. By Dwain Duxson We did a Farmers Club podcast recently, and our guest was Hay industry stalwart Jim Hoffmann from Green & Gold Contractors. For anyone involved…
Jun 24, 2025
$428 record at Ballarat
Yarding: 26,449 The lamb supply decreased to 19,951 head, with well-finished types featuring the best weight and fat cover becoming harder to find. As a result, buyers had to remain competitive for the leading lambs, leading to a…
Jun 24, 2025
Indian Grain production sets new record…
By Peter McMeekin India’s winter crop harvest appears to have defied sustained dry periods in some regions throughout the growing season and above average spring temperatures, with the government now expecting record wheat and…
Jun 24, 2025
Grain-fed Lambs lead the way at Bendigo
Yarding - 14,275 The supply of lambs declined to 9,575, and the overall quality of lambs was also lower, with more winter-type lambs presented in smaller pen lots. Two major exporters were absent, along with a top-end domestic buyer…
Jun 19, 2025
Bit down at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 58,000This week, the lamb market experienced a significant adjustment following last week’s exceptional highs. Prices declined from the peak of $424 recorded in the extra heavy lamb sale. While the overall market sentiment…
Jun 17, 2025
The Train keeps rolling at Ballarat
Yarding: 33,344 Lamb numbers surged to 26,400 penned, following last week’s buoyant market, setting another sales record for extra heavy lambs in Ballarat. The quality of the lambs varied, with some plainer types lacking condition,…
Jun 17, 2025
Romania expecting record Wheat and Rapeseed Crops…
By Peter McMeekin Romania, one of the European Union's biggest grain producers, is expecting a record harvest this year, with abundant spring rainfall and favourable temperatures helping the Black Sea nation rebound from last…
Jun 16, 2025
Record Day at Bendigo
Yarding - 23,200 Bendigo experienced a record day as export lambs sold for a top price of $426, with five pens exceeding $400 per head in the strongest lamb market the selling centre has ever recorded. A total of 15,400 lambs were…
Jun 13, 2025
$424.20 Lambs, $320 Xbred Ewes and $284 Merino Ewes at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 52,860 Lamb numbers increased slightly, and the overall quality improved, with more heavy and extra-heavy lambs coming off the feeders. Trade weights were well supplied, and there were reasonable numbers of lighter lambs,…
Jun 11, 2025
Hay Report - Still hope for the new season
For the fortnight up to the 11th of June 2025. By Dwain Duxson Some Farmers in the parched South of the country were lucky enough to get a drop of rain last weekend. It varied quite a bit, and I won't get…
Jun 11, 2025
Buoyant market at Ballarat
Yarding: 23,627 The lamb and sheep market reopened after the wet weekend with higher prices, particularly for neat and shorn heavy trade pens, which sold for exceptional carcass money at times. The total yarding included 17,681 lambs…
Jun 10, 2025
Spring planting campaign winding down in Ukraine…
By Peter McMeekin Amid the turmoil and disruption of the ongoing war with Russia and extremely testing weather conditions, Ukraine’s farmers have effectively completed this season’s spring planting campaign in most regions,…
Jun 06, 2025
Bloody strong at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 49,700 Lamb numbers have decreased this week, and the quality is not as high as last week's offering. There is an abundance of lighter store lambs, with the bare-skinned lambs attracting a premium price. While trade…
Jun 04, 2025
What. Did I read $12:50/kg at Ballarat?
Yarding: 29,714Lamb numbers decreased this week to 21,000, following last week's extremely strong market. There was less weight yarded, and the quality also declined, with the leading run presenting excellent supplementary feed…
Jun 03, 2025
The changing landscape of global Wheat trade.
By Brendan Dart Australian wheat exports are a major component of our agricultural landscape, and we contribute significantly into global trade flows. Australian farmers are helping to feed the world. There are many contributors to…
Jun 03, 2025
Bendigo - What goes up must come down.....
Yarding - 27,180Numbers increased ahead of next Monday’s public holiday, with nearly 16,000 lambs and 11,300 sheep presented for sale. There was more weight in the leading crossbred and Dorper lamb lots, although overall quality…
May 30, 2025
Merino Ewes to $270 at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 54,250 Just over 40,000 lambs were penned, and the quality was good, with a strong offering of heavy and extra-heavy weights. There was a solid run of well-finished trade weights, and secondary trades, as well as light lambs,…
May 28, 2025
Hay Report - Zero-Zilch-Nothing
For the fortnight up to the 28th of May 2025. By Dwain Duxson Since we started this Farm Tender business over 13 years ago, I don't reckon there would have been a time between then and now when we haven't…
May 28, 2025
$400 Lamb record twice at Ballarat
Yarding: 37,200 Lamb numbers increased slightly to 25,000, quality was again mixed with lambs off feed in excellent condition to lambs lacking weight and shape showing the sign of the dry cold conditions. Not all buyers were fully…
May 27, 2025
Australia’s contribution to global Grain production.
By Brendan Dart It is the spring growing season for northern hemisphere crop production and the autumn planting season here in Australia. Weather remains the greatest variable for global agricultural production, and we are currently…
