Aug 06, 2024
Lamb prices improved at Bendigo
Yarding - 15,630 A slight increase in lamb supply to 9630 head but a significant drop off in quality in one of the plainest winter yardings seen at Bendigo for some time. There was very few lines of well finished lambs showing…
Aug 06, 2024
When was the last big dust storm?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. When was the last big dust storm? - I have been reading about how the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority…
Aug 04, 2024
Going places this one
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Going places this one - If you asked me who is the Ag Tech business that is going to have the biggest impact on Australian…
Aug 03, 2024
When 2 becomes 1
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. When 2 becomes 1 - The Machinery Dealership network throughout Australia is changing before our eyes. Many of the smaller…
Aug 02, 2024
Slipper dip for Lambs at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 60,000 This week saw a very mixed quality yarding with lighter weight lambs in plain condition. Not all export buyers were present or fully active. Most of the demand for domestic lambs came from southern processors,…
Aug 01, 2024
Is the Landcruiser immune?
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Aug 01, 2024
An industry on the brink
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Jul 31, 2024
This is pissing Sheep and Lamb producers off - Ballarat
Yarding: 15,745 Lamb numbers decreased to 10,359 penned, quality was again patchy, well-presented lambs with good weight cover and finish were in limited supply. A large portion of the yarding were plainer secondary types. Not all…
Jul 31, 2024
More of this please
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. More of this please - I see where the Dowerin Machinery Field Day organising crew put on a luncheon in the Perth CBD and…
Jul 30, 2024
Türkiye’s wheat import ban may be extended…
By Peter McMeekin Strong rumours circulated in international grain markets late last week that Türkiye may extend its wheat import ban beyond the previously announced October 15 end date. The speculation suggested that imports…
Jul 30, 2024
Off the pace at Bendigo
Yarding - 16,380 Lamb numbers declined and so did quality which fed into a sale that performed around lamb presentation and finish. The best trade or supermarket style lambs held their value but plainer types were cheaper which…
Jul 29, 2024
How do we create more margin?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. How do we create more margin? - We tell ourselves that we are price takers and we operate in a commodity world where prices…
Jul 26, 2024
The downward trend continued at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 67,800 This week saw a very mixed quality yarding with lighter weight lambs in plain condition. Not all export buyers were operating while other export companies did not participate fully. Most of the demand for domestic…
Jul 25, 2024
Do we have a moral obligation?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Do we have a moral obligation? - It seems to be the start of the buying-up-of-Land-to-grow-trees-for-carbon-credits era.…
Jul 25, 2024
Me and the 9G
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Jul 24, 2024
Hay Report - Hay industry wish list
For the fortnight up to the 24th of July 2024. By Dwain Duxson The Australian Fodder Industry Association (AFIA) annual conference is on as we write, and unfortunately, we couldn't get there this year. This…
Jul 24, 2024
Greatest Ag marketing campaign ever
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Greatest Ag marketing campaign ever - We wrote about pulling up supplying our Farm goods for a week a while ago. Just the…
Jul 24, 2024
Cheaper trend continues at Ballarat
Yarding: 21,860 Numbers dropped to 11,950. The quality was patchy, the majority of the yarding were plainer secondary types with limited numbers of lambs with good cover and finish. Most of the usual buyers were present but not all…
Jul 23, 2024
Cereal Harvest bonanza on the cards for Kazakhstan…
By Peter McMeekin This year’s winter and spring cereal harvest in Kazakhstan is set to be the biggest in thirteen years, with a warmer and wetter-than-average autumn and winter laying a solid foundation. Above-average rainfall…
