May 05, 2020
The median price per hectare of Australian farmland increased by 13.5 per cent
By Rural BankUnderstanding the value of farmland is important to everyone in agribusiness, especially Australia’s farmers. The Australian Farmland Values report tells the story of national and regional farmland performance over the…
May 05, 2020
The Farm Tender Hay Report – A slight heartbeat for Hay
A slight heartbeat for HayFor the fortnight up to the 6th of May 2020Mike Pickard reports that the Eastern Darling Downs is drying out with no follow-up rain for some time now. This is disappointing after such a good period post-drought.…
May 05, 2020
Frustrated Woolgrowers can only watch the slide
Karee Wool market report for the South - May 5thSMI: 1176 -2818: 1500 -1919: 1394 -4320: 1341 -4121: 1314 -5622: 1324 -4028: 669 +1Merino cardings: 819 -24Passed in: 16.6%
May 05, 2020
Grain update - Australia's winter crop prospects - Around the grounds.
The seeding window for this season’s Australian winter crop is now wide open, and growers are sowing around the clock in many regions. Those growers that have had good autumn rains are taking advantage of the ideal soil moisture and…
May 04, 2020
Weaker demand for Lambs at Bendigo
Yarding - 17,000 (+6000).Lambs - 15,000 (+7000).Sheep - 2000 (-1000).Bigger yarding of 15,000 lambs or nearly double the supply of week ago despite the widespread rain. However, sheep numbers did fall away to just 2,000 head. After…
May 04, 2020
The Australian Beef Cattle Seasonal Outlook 2020: The Battle of Bulls Vs. Bears
By Angus Gidley-Baird - Senior Analyst - Animal Protein - RabobankThe Australian cattle market will be characterised by two extreme countervailing forces in 2020. Limited cattle supplies and restocking activities provide strong domestic…
May 04, 2020
WA farmers staying ahead of the curve, despite 100-year rainfall decline
By Andrew Fletcher, Chao Chen Despite a rainfall decrease in Western Australia’s wheatbelt between 1900 and 2016, which has shifted wheat yield potential southwest by an average of 70km, actual wheat yields have increased.Wheat farmers…
May 04, 2020
Making the most of the instant asset write-off before the EOFY deadline
By RB FinanceTwo months and counting (down). That’s how long your business has to make use of the $150,000 instant asset write-off before the end-of-financial-year June 30 deadline.Early last month, just as coronavirus was ramping…
May 04, 2020
Position Vacant - Sales/Account Manager - Farm Tender
POSITION DESCRIPTIONTITLE OF POSITION: Sales/Account Manager DEPARTMENT: Farm Tender SALARY & AWARD: Full Time POSITION CREATED: May 2020RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Executive Officer, Dwain Duxson1.…
May 02, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Pivot Bio Raises $100 Million To Transform Agriculture Economics
By Pivot BioExpands operations to meet demand for technology to replace synthetic fertilizer to reduce nitrogen pollution while increasing farmer revenue Pivot Bio announced today the close of its $100 million Series C funding round…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - CSIRO and v2food develops plant based mince
By Darius Koreis - CSIROSpicy shaanxi-style plant-mince with chilli, ginger and coriander on white rice…mouth-watering!One thing most of us look forward to is going out for dinner. Getting dressed up, the excitement builds with feelings…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - End to End, Direct to Consumer (B2C) Shortens Supply Chains
By BeefLedgerIn today’s digitally connected world, consumers are mobilising in new ways. Opportunities to tighten up supply chains are being developed. BeefLedger has been fine tuning its online and offline infrastructure to enable:collaborative…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Livestock saleyards finally come online with StockLive
By StockLiveToday’s monthly store market at South-West Victorian Livestock Exchange (SWVLX) delivered plenty of action for its first sale supported by StockLive’s online bidding platform; with 329 viewers, 41 active bidders, 156 bids…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Next generation get an opportunity to conduct future-focused applied research
By Old CollegeOlds College is excited to announce that it is the only post-secondary institution in the world to deploy the fully autonomous DOT Power Platform as a teaching and research tool on the College’s Smart Farm. This next…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Primex forced to go virtual with an innovative field day expo
By Primex Field DaysPRIMARY producers throughout northern New South Wales and southern Queensland have welcomed the announcement of a ‘virtual field days expo’, allowing them to cash in on vital end of financial year purchases.The…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Time for change in our changing times
By YanmarAgriculture in the future will see increasing use of scientifically precise farming techniques, where automated ‘agro-bots’ monitor, treat and work the land, using advanced technology designed to help maximise yields and…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Queensland Pastoralists go digital with E-Beef
By Future BeefA newly formed Producer Group in North Queensland has met up online for the first time, and were joined by top quality speakers from all around Australia. The online meeting was a first for all of the properties involved,…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The short and mid term impact of COVID-19 on Ag Tech
By Jeff Caldwell - Lessing-FlynnCOVID-19 has taken tens of thousands of lives around the world and forced fundamental changes to societal conventions and institutions. One of the economic outcomes of the pandemic is an acceleration…
May 01, 2020
Weekly Agribusiness New Recap
By Georgia Devenish - Agricultural Research Analyst at JLLAustralian Dairy Nutritionals Groups - an ASX-listed, vertically integrated dairy business - has announced possible extensions to the Camperdown Dairy project on the eve of…
Apr 30, 2020
Ricegrowers association say the Keelty's report misses the mark
By Ricegrowers Association of AustraliaThe Interim-Inspector General (IIG) Mick Keelty’s report on watering sharing fell short of what the former Water Minister David Littleproud commissioned. ‘The Inquiry into the Management of Murray–Darling…
