Jul 01, 2020
Kangaroo Island bounces back
By AWIA proud wool-producing region, South Australia’s Kangaroo Island is continuing to recover after a summer that will not be forgotten in living memory.Australia’s third largest island was, like many areas, hit very hard with bushfire…
Jul 01, 2020
CBH Group to pursue Carbon neutral Grain markets
By CBH GroupWide Open Agriculture (WOA) (“WOA” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce it has signed a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the CBH Group (CBH) to explore certification, marketing and global distribution…
Jul 01, 2020
Header automation a rapidly evolving sector
By Case IH AustraliaIn 1995 Case IH became the first manufacturer to introduce precision farming technology to the market with the launch of Advanced Farming Systems (AFS), and 25 years on a new AFS product is earning the praise of…
Jul 01, 2020
A dry period ahead helps farmers get back in the Tractor
By Angus Groves - AWBMost farms across the East Coast cropping regions won’t be too disheartened to hear that we are in for a relatively dry fortnight ahead.After what has been the best start in recent memory most croppers need a…
Jul 01, 2020
Wool market rises slightly
Karee Wool market report for the South - Jul 1stSMI: 1084 +618: 1395 +319: 1289 +1620: 1219 uc21: 1193 -128: 564 +13Mer card: 825 -28Pas in: 7.1%AUD: 68.9
Jun 30, 2020
Tough market at Ballarat this week
Yarding - 21,151 (+659).Lambs - 16,495 (-543).Sheep - 4656 (+1202).16,500 lambs of plain to good quality, not all the usual buying ground were present, those that attended were not operating fully in a much softer market to be $15…
Jun 30, 2020
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Sellers nervous and looking for something to happen
Sellers nervous and looking for something to happenFor the fortnight up to the 1st of July, 2020. Our sales guys are still getting asked plenty of questions. Like, is the Hay job moving or what's going on with Hay? Unfortunately,…
Jun 30, 2020
Grain Report - Northern hemisphere harvest commences amid a cloudy demand outlook…
The northern hemisphere winter crop harvest is underway amid escalating fears that a second wave of COVID-19 infections, particularly in the United States and Brazil, will lead to new lockdowns, lower global grain demand and exacerbate…
Jun 29, 2020
Innovative - SA Farming family has plenty going on
By CBAYorke Peninsula farmers Mark and Merridee Schilling have looked to business diversification as a way to secure their family’s future, by creating a number of successful offshoots to their cropping operation, which they can choose…
Jun 29, 2020
Further weakening in demand at Bendigo
Yarding - 11,800 (-4700).Lambs - 9,000 (-3000).Sheep - 2800 (-1700).A reduced yarding of 9,000 lambs, 3,000 less than last week. It was not enough to overcome a further weakening in demand from processors. Two major export companies…
Jun 29, 2020
Grain Industry provides about 1 job for every 1000 tonnes produced
By Natalie Lee - GRDCA new report has revealed a strong correlation between Australian grains production and jobs in regional areas – about one job for every 1000 tonnes of grain produced.The Grains Research and Development Corporation…
Jun 29, 2020
Why millennials are choosing regional Australia again
By Georgie Somerset AM - General President - AgForce and Director at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)After decades of watching once-thriving bush towns wither away,as some of our communities’ best and brightest young people…
Jun 28, 2020
BCG Farmer in Focus – Coleman Schache
By Tom Draffen - BCGThis month BCG caught up with Hopetoun Farmer and local Football Coach, Coleman Schache. After a day in the paddock picking up some pretty sizable rocks unearthed deep ripping in the summer, Coleman managed to…
Jun 28, 2020
Rabobank - African swine fever dominates global protein markets, despite COVID-19
By RabobankAfrican swine fever remains the key driver impacting the global animal protein market, despite the effects of COVID-19 on demand, Rabobank’s latest African Swine Fever Update has shown. And this is being borne out in Australia’s…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Indigo Ag raises $300 million
Indigo Ag, a Charlestown, Mass.-based developer of crop sustainability and selling solutions, raised around $300 million in new Series F funding, Axios has learned.Why it's the BFD: Indigo is the world's most highly valued agtech…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - McGregor Gourlay adopts latest tech for their agronomists
By AgworldChallenge - McGregor Gourlay as an organisation used a legacy digital ag solution for their recommendations but was unable to turn this into an integrated approach across the company. They were at the same time looking for…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Onboarding: The Key to Adoption of Your Digital Strategy
By AgVendAs an ag retailer, you go out of your way to help your customers. You've delivered fertilizer at 2 AM so a grower could finish planting before a storm, called every distributor on this side of the Mississippi to find that…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - It’s hard to go green when you’re in the red
By Liam BurnsRead the original article hereIn my final years at university I wrote a paper exploring the impact of climate change on agriculture. It didn’t paint a pretty picture and not for the most obvious of reasons.Sustainability…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Innovator Dr Larry Marshall as CSIRO CEO
By CSIROThe Board of Directors of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is pleased to reappoint Dr Larry Marshall as Chief Executive for a further three years. Dr Marshall joined CSIRO in 2015.David Thodey AO, Chair of the CSIRO…
Jun 27, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Titan weed cutters autonomously trawl through crops
By Bryan Walsh A startup is rolling out automated weed cutters at a moment when COVID-19 has made farm work more dangerous for human beings.Why it matters: Robots in all fields have received a lift from the effects of the coronavirus…
