Jun 20, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - People are Still the Biggest Assets in Your Digital Commerce Strategy
By AgVendAg retailers are uniquely positioned to add value for today’s grower. Each team member, from sales agronomists to office operations and beyond, plays an important role in the customer experience and the overall business.As…
Jun 20, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - eBottli helps guarantee a wine’s authenticity using blockchain tech
See the original article hereA new Australian-developed technology suite called eBottli has launched with the potential to defend Australia’s wine export industry against the booming global trade in counterfeit wines.eBottli delivers…
Jun 20, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The Rise of Precision in Livestock
By Janette Barnard - Prime FutureHere’s a quote from an AgFunder article about precision ag adoption rates:“Farmers’ interest in precision ag is divided into four categories: the top 1-2% who will try anything, 10-15% who are not…
Jun 20, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Covid-19 and the rise of the robot in food production
By Aidan Connolly - Chief Executive Officer at Cainthus, President of AgriTech CapitalSee the original article hereIn the midst of a pandemic, it may seem evident that the time has come to automate agriculture, remove the human-intensive…
Jun 20, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - More crop per drop
By CSIROA new partnership between Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and local agtech company Goanna Ag will see sensors and analytics combined to maximise every drop of irrigation water used to grow crops.In an Australian…
Jun 20, 2020
Extracting more value from holding clearing sales online
By Dwain Duxson - Farm TenderOur own eyes were opened during the week just gone.We held our first ever Single Vendor Farm Tender Auctions online clearing sale. We have been doing online Auctions for about 12 months now, and some have…
Jun 20, 2020
Primewest acquires GoFARM Asset Management in $10 million deal
Two days since announcing plans to create a new $300 million Australian neighbourhood retail property trust, property fund manager Primewest (ASX: PWG) unveiled the acquisition of GoFARM Asset Management, and by extension, real estate…
Jun 20, 2020
Federal government sends a strong message to Agriculture
By Lynne Strong - Clover Hill DairiesRead the blog article hereThe federal government send an extraordinarily strong message to all schools. Agriculture is a huge growth areaI have a huge smile on my face this morning, that smile…
Jun 18, 2020
Lambs ease as heavy Ewes sold to weak demand at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 36,200 (-2700).Lambs - 29,600 (-3000).Sheep - 6600 (+300).Lamb numbers were lower. The ongoing sell off continues of small lots across lighter weight categories due to the perineal problem of teeth in older lambs. Quality…
Jun 17, 2020
Report outlines the need for Grain Growers to continually adapt Farming practices
By GrainGrowersGrainGrowers have launched its climate change policy endorsed by its National Policy Group (elected grower representatives) that seeks to maintain Australian grains domestic and global competitiveness while reducing…
Jun 17, 2020
Check out John Deere's new C650 Air Cart
By John Deere AustraliaAustralian small grains producers now have access to a greater range of air-seeding equipment suited to their unique production needs with the addition of the C650 Air Cart to the John Deere line-up.Available…
Jun 17, 2020
Wool market down
Karee Wool market report for the South - Jun 17th SMI: 1110 -2218: 1427 -2819: 1297 -3820: 1224 -3321: 1223 -3128: 589 -15Mer car: 903 -3Pass in: 11.6%AUD: 69.0
Jun 17, 2020
Report - Recovery in national milk production and boosted dairy farmer confidence in many regions
By Dairy AustraliaOne of the best autumn breaks of recent times has supported a significant recovery in national milk production and boosted dairy farmer confidence in many regions, according to Dairy Australia’s June 2020 Situation…
Jun 16, 2020
June forecast brings bullish sentiment
By Nicholas Robertson - AWBLast week bought about the first official national crop forecast from ABAREs for the 20/21 crop and generally, the numbers were in line with expectations and if there is any better situation to describe…
Jun 16, 2020
Both Sheep and Lambs firm to slightly dearer at Ballarat
Yarding - 23,490 (-11,572).Lambs - 15,126 (-13,655).Sheep - 8364 (+2083).Lambs numbers decreased this week to 15,126 yarded. The quality was plain to excellent, all the usual buying group attended and operated fully in a strong market…
Jun 16, 2020
The Farm Tender Hay Report – We are in a Hay selling drought
We are in a Hay selling drought.For the fortnight up to the 17th of June, 2020. If Hay a selling was a weather pattern then we are in a drought. It's just tough to get something moving. Not everyone has got a season, but what we are…
Jun 16, 2020
Tough start to the Wool market again this week
Karee Wool market report for the South - Jun 16thSMI: 1132 -918: 1455 -2819: 1335 -3320: 1257 -2321: 1254 +428: 604 -9Mer card: 906 +10Pass in: 8.4%AUD:69.6
Jun 16, 2020
The New X Series John Deere Header Have Arrived
By CervusWatch the release video hereLast year, John Deere unveiled the X series combine at Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany. These new combines deliver more harvesting capacity while using 20% less fuel, and now they're ready to…
Jun 15, 2020
Weekly Grain report - Drought in North Africa increases the region's reliance on Wheat imports…
Grain production in the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia has been severely impacted by one of the worst droughts in the last four decades, leading to an increase in regional imports to meet domestic demand requirements.According…
Jun 15, 2020
Beef exports have increased by 7 percent in May
The lack of some major competitors in the Asian markets has helped the sector to increase exports by 7% in May.Even if a lack of supply in the Australian beef market remains present exports have increased in May by 7% compared to…
