Apr 22, 2020
Meet Nick Beer - Cotton industry like a big family
By Cotton AustraliaIn 2010, the team at Merrilong Pastoral Company in north-west New South Wales decided to take the plunge and try something new on their farm.After years primarily growing summer crops of sorghum and corn and high…
Apr 22, 2020
Grain Growers get the green light
By James Urquhart - AWBANZAC day is upon us and with it comes the traditional commencement of the 2020/21 sowing window. However the general and mostly generous rains throughout NSW over the months of March and April have presented…
Apr 22, 2020
Wool down slightly today
Karee Wool market report for the South - Apr 22ndSMI: 1250 -818: 1568 -1019: 1486 -1320: 1468 +221: 1459 -128: 673 -3Mer Card: 861 -6Pass in: 16.4%AUD : 0.63
Apr 21, 2020
Good competition on both Sheep and Lambs at Ballarat
Yarding - 32,400 (-100).Lambs - 21,400 (-3100).Sheep - 11,000 (+3000).Agents yarded 21,400 lambs. The quality was plain to very good. All the usual buying group were in attendance with good competition on all trade weights, light…
Apr 21, 2020
ANZ Agri commodity update
WELCOME TO THE APRIL 2020 EDITION.Foreword - As we travel the uncharted waters of COVID-19, it’s hard enough to understand what is happening, yet alone what might happen. One thing that seems apparent is that farming is standing up…
Apr 21, 2020
Wool market slides today
Karee Wool market report for the South - April 21stSMI: 1258 -1218: 1578 -2319: 1499 -2020: 1466 -1521: 1460 -1728: 676 -10Mer card: 867 -5Pass in: 15.4%AUD: 63.1
Apr 21, 2020
The Farm Tender Hay Report – What's the Hay job doing?
What's the Hay job doing?For the fortnight up to the 22nd of April 2020As Paul Grayling points out below the most common question all of our sales guys are getting asked is; "what's the Hay job doing?" Well, the answer is not much,…
Apr 21, 2020
World Grain Update - Turkey emerging as a major wheat importer…
Turkey has emerged as a key player in the international wheat market in recent years as imports increase to record levels. This is on the back of lower production, higher domestic consumption, increased government imports to stabilise…
Apr 20, 2020
Rabobank - Chinese Ag-chem production is ‘ramping-up’
Increased use of precision agriculture practices and other workarounds can play a key role in softening the impact of potential agricultural input shortages due to COVID-19, agribusiness specialist Rabobank says in recent research.…
Apr 20, 2020
Does delayed sowing help manage weed populations?
By Cindy Benjamin - WeedsmartDoes delayed sowing help manage weed populations?The answer to this question is a very simple ‘no’. Waiting for weed seeds with longer dormancy to germinate before sowing costs yield and weeds often set…
Apr 20, 2020
Export Lambs cheaper and Sheep dearer at Bendigo
Yarding - 24,600 (+12,960).Lambs - 12,960 (+11,560).Sheep - 5800 (+1400).There were 18,800 lambs yarded as numbers jumped following Easter and the cancelled market last Monday due to a public holiday. The supply of heavy export lambs…
Apr 19, 2020
Cover Crop interest is growing
By Cindy Benjamin - Weed Smart There is a growing interest in planting cover crops in cotton and broadacre systems, providing the potential to preserve soil moisture, improve soil health and manage weeds.As part of the CRDC project…
Apr 19, 2020
Viterra delivers $10 million in value directly to growers
Viterra delivered nearly $10 million in additional value directly to growers last harvest through dynamic binning, reduced Export Select freight rates, storage and handling fees and warehousing fees.Viterra has a long term focus of…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - 3 Ways COVID-19 Is Pushing Ag Data Transformation
By Reinder Prins - Chief Marketing Officer at Agworld If somebody would have told me a few months ago how I would be spending the Easter weekend, at home by myself in Latin America (where I live) instead of attending my best friend’s…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - AgVend take buying Farm input into the digital space
Digitally connecting you to your grower customersToday, we are pleased to announce the launch of our AgVend Grower Portal. This new product line builds on our mission to constructively power digital commerce in agriculture. Over the…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Profile of Ag Tech Founder Jason Tatge of Farmobile
Tell us the origin story of Farmobile – what problem were you trying to solve and why?When two colleagues and I originally started Farmobile, we were looking for a way to create a market for science worthy, ground-truthed, real-time…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The role AI plays in Aquaculture
By Jonah van Beijnen and Gregg Yan - The Fish Site27 January 2020, at 9:33amArtificial intelligence (AI) is already making huge improvements to the efficiency and sustainability of global aquaculture, as this practical guide to some…
Apr 16, 2020
Optimism for Australian grain growers, despite uncertainty
While COVID-19 continues to create chaos across global markets and industries, Australian grain growers are quietly preparing for one of their most promising seasons in recent years. With the winter grain planting window just weeks…
Apr 16, 2020
WA Grain Market Wrap - April
By David Cripps - AWBWorld markets are changing rapidly in reaction to the COVID-19 virus and its impact on all global markets over the next few months is anyone’s guess. As we have all seen, the panic buying from consumers in Australia…
Apr 16, 2020
CV19 patterns will change businesses
By Robbie Sefton - Chairperson at Panel for the Independent Assessment of Social And Economic Conditions in The BasinIn 2004, the phrase "Life comes at you fast" was a clever tagline for US insurance company Nationwide. In 2020, it…
