Aug 20, 2019
Demand for well covered Mutton at Ballarat
This article is bought to you by Trigger Vale Sheep Studs and Brooke's Livestock Carriers. Yarding - 10,286 (-3,166). Lambs - 7,206 (-2,370). Sheep - 3,080 (-796). Lamb supply eased to 7,206 and sheep also easing to 3,080 to total…
Aug 20, 2019
This isn’t a whinge, it’s a reality check
This article is bought to you by Chandler Agribusiness and Mobble. By Georgie Somerset - Beef farmer, wife, mother and AgForce Queensland General President Dear Queenslanders Some people in our great state think farmers are looking…
Aug 20, 2019
Wool market stems the flow of bleeding
This article is bought to you by Wallaloo Park and Mobile Plunge Dipping Services. Karee Wool market report for the South - August 20th. SMI: 1494 -418: 1893 -30 19: 1748 -5 20: 1697 -1 21: 1693 -1 22: 1693 uc 28: 854 +24 Merino…
Aug 20, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - At least some of the ovine price rise passed to export markets
This article is bought to you by Pepperton and Forest Springs Merinos. By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Global Trade Key points · Lamb and mutton export values have grown markedly in the last three years. · Unit values of lamb and mutton…
Aug 20, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Ultra fine wool prices
This article is bought to you by Victorian State Marnoo Merinos Field Day and Elmore Compost. By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS Key points · 12 and 13 micron prices traded at extraordinary premiums to the general Merino market in…
Aug 20, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Is America still relevant?
This article is bought to you by Bruce Robertson Transport and Macarthur Stockfeed and Rural Supplies. By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo Key points · The three US-based wheat futures contracts have different correlation levels.…
Aug 20, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Dry spells profit for processors
This article is bought to you by Wormhit and Extend Security. By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Steiner, USDA, AMPC, ABS, Trade, Mecardo. Key points · Processor margins have continued to ease in recent months, falling from the May…
Aug 19, 2019
World Grain Report - USDA corn numbers don’t lie! Or do they?
This article is bought to you by Orange Truck & Ag and RFM No Till. The global grain markets were rocked last week when the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) amended this season's US corn production estimates, printing…
Aug 19, 2019
Deanna Lush tells her Ag story
This article is bought to you by Trigger Vale Sheep Studs and Brooke's Livestock Carriers. For Deanna Lush, a communicator and farmer from Palmer on South Australia's Murray Plains, trust in agriculture and its producers is vital…
Aug 19, 2019
Market erratic as a good number of new season Lambs appear at Bendigo
This article is bought to you by Wallaloo Park and Mobile Plunge Dipping Services. Yarding - 15,544 (+3,689).Lambs - 11,046 (+2,346). Sheep - 4,498 (+1,343). Lamb numbers increased, boosted by the appearance of new season lambs with…
Aug 19, 2019
SA seeks to lifts ban on GM Crops
This article is bought to you by Stocka and Plastag. The State Government will seek to lift the state's long-standing ban on genetically-modified crops beginning next year for much of South Australia, but Kangaroo Island will continue…
Aug 19, 2019
New company to tackle the hot topic of social licence in Ag
This article is bought to you by C Pearce Contracting and Glendemar MPM. Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has developed and commercialised a new science-driven approach to tackle declining trust in corporations, enabling…
Aug 19, 2019
Worker Shortages a Persistent Issue for the Australian Dairy Industry
This article is bought to you by Morgans and Loadshift. The Australian dairy industry will need to find an additional 800 skilled workers by 2023 in order to maintain productivity, according to Dairy Australia Managing Director Dr…
Aug 18, 2019
Swift action needed to implement the national Mandatory Dairy Code of Conduct
This article is bought to you by Entegra Sheds and the Australian Fodder Industry Association. Advocacy group Dairy Connect has ‘strongly backed' a call by NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro to fast-track the introduction of the national…
Aug 18, 2019
Desertification - Why is it one of the greatest threats of our time?
This article is bought to you by Post Straightening Service and CheckWeigh. Desertification has been described as the "the greatest environmental challenge of our time" and climate change is making it worse. While the term may bring…
Aug 18, 2019
Belinda Lay tells her Ag story
This article is bought to you by Amarant Trucking Company and Lawless Lasers. Belinda is based on a mixed grain and sheep farming enterprise. Her project is based around Internet of Things, a trial of sheep collars and how the data…
Aug 17, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Using Data to Drive Orchard Automation
This article is bought to you by Mulcahy & Co Agri Solutions and SST GPS. The world's first mango auto-harvester was presented at the recent Australian Mango conference in Darwin, while the first commercial robotic apple harvester…
Aug 17, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Think tank, was a smorgasbord of emerging concepts
This article is bought to you by CommStream Capital and Auto Loans Group. From wearable computers delivering veterinary expertise on remote properties to holograms of tractors allowing for spot-on space measurements in machinery sheds,…
Aug 17, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Tractor v Horse, Pros and Cons.....Haha
This article is bought to you by Chandler Agribusiness and Mobble. By John Gladigau - Executive Director at Bulla Burra Operations Pty LtdThis is how we would be thinking of new innovations today.I came across this article on the…
Aug 17, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Data proves what good farmers already know
This article is bought to you by PMG Finance and Mecardo. By Garry Gale - Food Agility CRC Sometimes you'd think that sustainability is a relatively new concept by the way it's been presented and talked about by policymakers in recent…
