Jun 26, 2024
The Messy Middle and My Bad Broden
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The article titled "The Messy Middle" was one I wrote after listening to a podcast featuring young Cropper Broden Holland. As…
Jun 26, 2024
Not cutting it anymore
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Not cutting it anymore - I heard a quote the other day from Yeoval, NSW Farmer Nigel Kerin, where he said Farm costs now are…
Jun 26, 2024
A bit up and down at Ballarat
Yarding: 28,580 Lamb numbers remained similar with 19,210 penned, there were excellent runs of trade weight, heavy trade and extra heavy export lambs. Not all the usual buyers were present, but again there was extra store competition…
Jun 25, 2024
Grain production rebounds in Bulgaria and Romania…
By Peter McMeekin As this season’s southern European winter crop harvest ramps up, production in the Black Sea Balkan states of Bulgaria and Romania is expected to increase in 2024, largely due to favourable growing season weather.…
Jun 25, 2024
Upward price trend at Bendigo
Yarding - 12,680 Lamb numbers came back to 9510 head and sheep just 3170 as the yarding went very wintery with a lot of smaller clean-up lots. It meant buyers had to chase harder for the limited runs of lambs and sheep with…
Jun 24, 2024
Investing in yourself
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Investing in yourself - I have spent the last 2 days at the Best Wool, Best Beef, Best Beef conference at Ballarat in Victoria.…
Jun 23, 2024
We used to have friendly bank managers once
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. We used to have friendly bank managers once - Some of you will remember the times when you had a friendly bank manager to call…
Jun 21, 2024
Softer results at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 55,500 Similar supply of 39,000 lambs but quality continues to slide with less top-end trade and heavy lambs available. It influenced market results with the best processing lambs under 28kg cwt dearer at times, but…
Jun 20, 2024
Farm Inputs Report - Who's interested in regular Chemical pricing updates?
For all your Farm Inputs call Ellen on 0418 137 224. If you are a Farm Input Supplier, Manufacturer or Wholesaler and you are looking for other sales avenues, give us a call. We have over 72,000 members. By Ellen Garland. Who's…
Jun 20, 2024
The Need for Feed
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The Need for Feed - We all go back in history looking for any clues as to how the future might pan out. Those with little…
Jun 20, 2024
Lease re-think
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Lease re-think - We did a story on leasing out your Land the other day titled “The Trifecta of Goodness”(terrible…
Jun 19, 2024
Mutton cheaper at Ballarat
Yarding: 34,378 Lamb numbers dropped to 19,930 yarded, quality slipped in the lighter weights and into the medium trade weights, while the quality improved over the heavy and extra heavy lambs. Not all the usual buyers were present…
Jun 19, 2024
The trifecta of Goodness
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Jun 18, 2024
Advertising to a Farmer audience like no other
Farm Tender is committed to being the number one independent Ag buy and sell marketplace - we have backed our brand with a strong digital marketing campaign in the market over the past 3 months, and we have seen our monthly average…
Jun 18, 2024
Divergence in Brazil’s row Crop projections…
By Peter McMeekin Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s global supply and demand update from the USDA, Thursday saw Brazil’s National Supply Company (CONAB) release its June crop update. With an improved outlook for the safrinha…
Jun 18, 2024
Good lighter Lambs considerably dearer at Bendigo
Yarding - 18,100 Just a slight increase to 11,560 lambs and 6540 sheep as selling resumed at Bendigo after the week’s break for the Kings Birthday holiday. Quality continued to decline with less weight and finish evident…
Jun 17, 2024
It’s the Green Paint....
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. It’s the Green Paint.... - We spoke in one of our Farmers Club stories yesterday about how a relative newcomer American…
Jun 16, 2024
On hands and knees
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. On hands and knees - There are a lot of Cropping Farmers driving around from paddock to paddock checking on where the Crops…
Jun 14, 2024
Lamb prices rise at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 53,000 This week saw a mixed quality yarding of 41,000 lambs and 16,000 sheep, including a total of 8,250 Merino lambs. Buyers focused on neat shorn lambs across all categories, with these lambs fetching premium prices.…
Jun 14, 2024
Justifications and biases
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Justifications and biases - Remember when the only Cars or Utes to have for fair dinkum Aussies was either a Holden or…
