Feb 27, 2019
Abuse - Cotton growers are tough, but how much more can farmers bear?
Tony May - Head of Customer Marketing, ANZ at Bayer Crop ScienceI saw a social media post that I just can’t get past. It was from an anonymous cotton grower battling the dual enemies of drought and misdirected public outrage about…
Feb 27, 2019
Lamb supply doubles at Ballarat this week
Yarding - 29,939 (+8570) .Lambs - 22,792 (+11,334).Sheep - 7147 (-2764). Lamb supply increased to 22,792 head this week at Ballarat, an increase of 11,334 head. Quality covered all weights and grades, with a smaller number of heavy…
Feb 27, 2019
Wool prices tread water yesterday
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 27thSMI: 1981 +218: 2464 +319: 2358 -320: 2324 -921: 2321 uc22: 2315 -823: 2304 -328: 1148 +9Merino Cardings: 1176 +3Passed In: 6.5%www.kareewool.com.auAd - Got Freight to move? Want…
Feb 27, 2019
The Farm Tender Hay Report – March to shape the Hay Season
March to shape the Hay SeasonFor the fortnight up to the 27th of February, 2019 - Volume 27The level of enquiry for Hay has lifted in the last fortnight, however that hasn't really resonated in higher sales volumes at this stage.…
Feb 26, 2019
Wool market takes a hit today
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 26thIND: 1979 -1918: 2461 -2719: 2361 -2320: 2333 -2921: 2321 -2328: 1139 -6Merino Cardings: 1173 +5Passed In: 10.9%www.kareewool.com.auAd - Got Freight to move? Want the best rates?…
Feb 26, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Cattle profitability down for some but still strong
By Angus Brown | Source: LFMP, MLA, Mecardo. The Agriculture Victoria Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) results for 2017-18 have recently been released and the cattle numbers are a good reflection of price movements and seasonal…
Feb 26, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - January records smashed for lamb exports
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: DAWR, Mecardo. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) trade statistics for January show a 15.6% year on year increase in lamb exports and the gains in mutton export flows aren’t far behind,…
Feb 26, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Alpaca prices going gangbusters
By Andrew Woods | Source: WTiN, RBA. Wool is not the only animal fibre trading at high price levels. Alpaca prices are trading at high levels currently in both Australian and US dollar terms. This article takes a quick look at alpaca…
Feb 25, 2019
Heavy lambs drop $20 at Bendigo on Monday
Yarding - 19,320 (+2520) .Lambs - 12,695 (-305).Sheep - 6625 (+2825). Lamb numbers remained similar while sheep supplies doubled on the low levels of a week ago. More heavy export lambs off feed came forward, while nicely weighted…
Feb 25, 2019
Will the deal be Don or will pigs fly? - By Peter McMeekin
World Grain ReportNo matter what news source you read, watch or listen to at the moment, China seems to be dominating the daily news cycle, particularly in the rural commodity sphere.All the talk in agriculture circles late last week…
Feb 25, 2019
Does diversity help with weed control and herbicide resistance?
By Cindy Benjamin with Ken Flower, Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia School of Agriculture and EnvironmentBack in 2006, the WA No-Tillage Farmers Association (WANTFA) wanted to investigate the long-term effect of…
Feb 25, 2019
Viterra Harvest wrap up - Four million tonnes received
Viterra has received around four million tonnes of grain for the 2018/19 season as harvest comes to a close.Most deliveries to sites through the network are now taking grain from on farm storage.Viterra provides growers with delivery…
Feb 25, 2019
CBH budget $150 million for projects to add 800,000 tonnes of new storage
The CBH Group will continue its elevated delivery of the Network Strategy this year with more than $150 million budgeted for projects that will add over 800,000 tonnes of new storage and associated inloading and outloading equipment…
Feb 25, 2019
Climate Solutions Fund must help Farmers adapt to change
The National Farmers' Federation says the Government's proposed Climate Solutions Package contains a number of measures that must help support agriculture to reach its potential."Reducing emissions and being valued for our land stewardship…
Feb 25, 2019
CSIRO - Early sowing systems can boost Australian Grain industry
New findings from research by La Trobe University and CSIRO made possible with GRDC investment could lead to a significant increase in the Australian wheat crop yield—adding potentially around $1.8 billion to the national economy…
Feb 25, 2019
Fixing the Murray-Darling Basin
By David Lewis & John LangfordUnease about the Murray-Darling Basin has been on the rise again. We’ve seen water being stolen in northern New South Wales, with the authorities negligent or even complicit; farmers and towns under stress…
Feb 24, 2019
Rural Funds boss said their assets are performing well
Rural Funds Group was unaffected by the recent devastating Northern Queensland floods and in fact received “beneficial rain” on some of its cattle properties, according to managing director David Bryant.The trust, which lifted the…
Feb 23, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - $212 billion fertiliser industry has essentially remained unchanged for 100 years
Pivot Bio is disrupting the N fertilizer industry with the release of PROVEN™, their sustainable nitrogen-producing microbe for corn. In trials last year, farmers using this flagship product had a 7.7 bushel per acre advantage over…
Feb 23, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Christchurch based CertusBio pockets $20k at evokeAG pitch event
Close to 1,200 international delegates packed Melbourne’s iconic Royal Exhibition Building on Wednesday, 20 February to cheer on the four Pitch Tent winners announced at the inaugural, sold-out evokeAG event.Thirteen finalists from…
Feb 23, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - $50 million available for Ag Tech start-ups
Australian grain growers are set to reap benefits of a $50 million venture capital fund to draw the best and brightest tech start-ups from across the globe to focus on innovative solutions for grain growers’ hardest to solve problems.The…
