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…
Feb 22, 2019
Wool EMI up 59 cents on the back of the South African Foot and Mouth outbreak
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolThe announcement that China had banned wool exports from South Africa due to a Foot-And-Mouth outbreak resulted in a roller coaster ride for the Australian wool market this week.It initially had a positive…
Feb 22, 2019
Steering a unified approach towards fish recovery in the Murray–Darling
By Phillip Glyde - Chief Executive Murray Darling Basin AuthorityThe death of thousands upon thousands of native fish in the Darling River downstream of the Menindee Lakes over summer has been distressing for the local community and…
Feb 22, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Sausages, coal and interest rates
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo, CME, RBA. The grain market is not only steered by agricultural factors, many of the driving forces behind price movements are out with the industry. In this weeks grain comment we look at how…
Feb 22, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Market pays no heed to supply warnings
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. With everything pointing towards lower cattle supply, and grain prices on the wane, we would think the market should start taking heed at some stage. It was not this week though, with the downward trend…
Feb 22, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards for week ending 22 February 2019
By Olivia Agar | Source: Riemann, Mecardo. Last week we tipped more activity on the forwards market in the coming weeks. What we didn’t expect, was the driving force behind the spike to come from South Africa. With China suspending…
Feb 22, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Signs of tightening supply
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Mecardo. A nice lift in prices across the board for all NLRS reported categories of lamb and sheep along the East coast this week, as saleyard throughput figures suggest supply is on the wane. The…
Feb 22, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Wool market Springboks past 2,000 cent mark
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. If we were to think of what “black swan” events might impact the wool market in 2019, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in South Africa (SA) would not have been high on the list. This,…
Feb 21, 2019
Back to the past - Case IH Axial-Flow system turns 40
The idea debuted at last year's AgQuip Field Days in Gunnedah NSW, was launched on the global stage earlier this year, and in 2019 local farmers will have their chance to own a piece of Case IH heritage-inspired machinery.To be launched…
Feb 21, 2019
US reports fail to provide market direction
By Bridie George - AWBWith the much-anticipated USDA reports finally surfacing on Friday night, they contained little to create fireworks or write home about. Winter wheat seeding acres aligned fairly closely with market expectations,…
Feb 21, 2019
Dairy Connect welcome Woolworth Milk initiative but it's only a tiny first step
Woolworths have announced that it will remove $1 a litre fresh milk from national sale from Tuesday, 19 February. Dairy Connect congratulates the Woolworths Board and team in making this vital first step in restoring confidence in…
Feb 21, 2019
Cropping Technology that chips weeds out of the ground
A new mechanical weeding machine that is quickly attracting keen interest from grain growers will be one of the innovations discussed at coming grain industry events in Western Australia.The prototype was developed by agricultural…
Feb 21, 2019
Sheep Tech - From Genetics to Genomics
The sheep industry has transformed itself into a world leader in genomics research and technology adoption in just 10 years as a result of the collaborative investment in the Information Nucleus Flock (INF) – an initiative which continues…
Feb 21, 2019
Kilter leading the way in Irrigation Tech
By Steve Whan - CEO at National Irrigators' CouncilMike Neville wears his enthusiasm on his sleeve for the work Kilter Rural is doing, on its nearly 10,000 ha of Northern Victoria. He talks of the sleepless nights wondering if a…
Feb 21, 2019
Wool Market slightly down in the South today
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 21stSMI: 1998 -1618: 2488 -2619: 2384 -4420: 2362 -2921: 2344 -2822: 2323 -2723: 2307 -128: 1145 ucMerino Cardings: 1168 +2Passed In: 7.8%www.kareewool.com.auAd - Control those lice…
Feb 21, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Don’t get caught in the basis bubble
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. Shocking production brings sensational prices. During the past six months grain producers have been dejected by production or elated by prices. As we move into seeding it is important…
Feb 21, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - South African wool volumes in perspective
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, Cape Wools, ICS. Prices in the Australian greasy wool market have jumped strongly this week, at the same time as South African wool auctions have been suspended in view of Chinese issues with the foot…
Feb 21, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Disaster for some gives support to the rest
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. The devastating floods that have afflicted far North West Queensland in recent weeks have somewhat abated, but we’re still hearing stories of cattle dying. The figure that most seem to be settling on…
Feb 21, 2019
Farm Interest Rates – It’s Getting Interesting!
By Mulcahy Agri Solutions - A Prime Preferred PartnerIt is very likely we are going to see an interest rate reduction by the RBA this year. As we approached the end of 2018 it became apparent that the economy was starting to slow.…
