Apr 06, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - John Deere leading the way in AI
This article is bought to you by PMG Finance. By Bernard Marr. Leading the way is John Deere – the 180-year-old manufacturer of farming and industrial machinery which has spent the past decade transforming itself into an artificial…
Apr 06, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Innovative Ag Tech Company AgriWebb is kicking goals
This article is bought to you by SST GPS. A truly innovative farm management software start-up, AgriWebb has come a long way since founder John Fargher pitched the business on stage at the inaugural Rabobank Farm2Fork Summit in 2016…
Apr 06, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Robotics opens up more non-herbicide options
This article is bought to you by Mobile Plunge Dipping Services. If a herbicide resistant weed never sets seed then it won’t be long before the resistance is eradicated. This is easy to say, but has been mighty hard to achieve because…
Apr 06, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - What will farms and food production look like in twenty years’ time?
This article is bought to you by Vic Feeds. By Sam Watson-Jones. This is a key question that we continually ask ourselves at Small Robot Company. We did not set out as a business to try to find the fastest way to make ourselves rich.…
Apr 06, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Robot weeding a reality
This article is bought to you by Reading Transport. FarmWise and Roush are to develop and test autonomous vegetable weeders in the state of Michigan (US).The initial contract between FarmWise, builder of adaptive robots for agriculture,…
Apr 06, 2019
Video - See here this weeks What's Hot report
Check out the dot points and what Machinery and Equipment sold in the last week on Farm TenderWatch it here www.farmtender.com.auThis article was bought to you by Fundit FinanceAd - You Findit, we'll Fundit, Fundit Finance, get a…
Apr 06, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Wool market ticks along OK
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. This article is bought to you by Wormhit. The wool market seems to be sitting in a comfortable space right now, and despite the drought influence on quality there are minimal price movements…
Apr 06, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Crop update around the world
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: ABARES, Mecardo, BOM, RAM, ETB. This article is bought to you by Morgans. The 2nd quarter of the year is the most important part of the year for world grain production. During this period of time, the…
Apr 06, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Cattle rally slows with nothing on the forecast
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. This article is bought to you by Lawless Lasers. The cattle price rally continued this week but slowed. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) did break through 500¢ for the first time since very early…
Apr 06, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Tightening trend is the producer’s friend
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Mecardo. This article was bought to you by Plastag. There has been a softer trend present in lamb and sheep yardings in recent weeks. It is not uncommon to see a reduced sale yard offering as we head…
Apr 04, 2019
Agribusiness News Recap
This article was bought to you by Entegra Sheds. By Georgia Devenish - Agricultural Research Analyst at JLL. Horticulture. The 2018/19 farm gate value of the Queensland strawberry industry is forecast to be $148 million. This figure…
Apr 04, 2019
Value adding agriculture
This article is bought to you by Feedworks. By Robbie Sefton. From the start, Australian agriculture has specialised in selling raw commodities, and has done so to great effect. Despite home to some of the oldest soils on the planet…
Apr 04, 2019
An eventful week for Canola
This article is bought to you by GE Silos. By Warren Lander. There has been some useful rainfall in many areas of NSW and QLD over the last couple of weeks which has given pause to growers finalising their seeding plans this year.…
Apr 04, 2019
Think before deep ripping into sandy soils
This article is bought to you by SureSeason. Grain growers are advised to understand the yield-limiting constraints of their sandy soils before undertaking deep ripping of paddocks ahead of the 2019 sowing season.While deep ripping…
Apr 04, 2019
Plan ahead to fight blackleg in canola this season
This article is bought to you by Vic Feeds. Canola growers are encouraged to consider pre-sowing management strategies to prevent crop losses from diseases, like blackleg, this season.The risk of blackleg infection in crops and…
Apr 04, 2019
Another steady day for Wool
This article is bought to you by Pepperton. Karee Wool market report for the South - April 4thSMI: 1915 -318: 2365 +1319: 2290 -420: 2253 -1221: 2253 -222: 2251 -123: 2255 +328: 1203 +25Merino Cardings: 1117 ucPassed In: 13.5%www.kareewool.com.auAd -…
Apr 04, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Wet stuff doing things to the market
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, BOM. This article is bought to you by SST GPS. Regular readers will know that when it rains, we like to look at what it might mean for markets. Earlier in the week we looked at sheep, now it’s the turn…
Apr 04, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Protect your price through a put
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo. This article was bought to you by GE Silos. The market is volatile, there is no mistaking that and every grain farmer in Australia will have experienced concern about locking in contracts only…
Apr 04, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Sub-17 micron price deciles
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS. This article is bought to you by Extend Security. Sub-17 micron wool has accounted for 6% of wool volumes sold this season. These categories also account for the highest priced categories by the…
Apr 03, 2019
Lamb and Sheep prices dearer at Ballarat
This article is bought to you by MAXI-FEEDER. Yarding - 42,956 (+11,835) .Lambs - 26,807 (+5267).Sheep - 15,752 (+6568). Lamb numbers lifted by approximately 4,500 head to 26,804 this week at Ballarat. Quality varied from average…
