Feb 17, 2019
Water for Ag - We need to do more with less
By James Bentley - Associate Director, Natural Value at National Australia BankAustralia already boasts the world’s best water risk management system – water markets – and our farmers are amongst the most adept at navigating the complexity…
Feb 16, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Speed vs. Velocity in Ag Tech
By Shane Thomas“I wanna go fast”; a famous line from a popular Will Ferrell comedy, “Talladega Nights”. Going fast is all the rage – it’s fun and it feels like we are being productive, working towards an outcome or accomplishing something.…
Feb 16, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Wearable Technology Set to Revolutionise the Livestock Industry
US-based Livestock Labs is set to shake up livestock management with the development of Embedivet, a remote monitoring system which tracks valuable information about the health status of cattle.The system includes an Embedivet chip…
Feb 15, 2019
Wool EMI ends the week up 24 cents
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolA specialty offering of Tasmanian wool out of Melbourne and a steady Australian dollar trading at 71 US cents assisted the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) in increasing this week by 24 cents clean to finish…
Feb 15, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - EU wheat at a discount
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, MATIF. In this week’s grain market update we take a look at the new crop contracts overseas now that we’re approaching the northern hemisphere harvest.The Chicago wheat futures show some small gains…
Feb 15, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - I see red, I see red, I see red, and it’s not Valentine’s roses
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, BOM, Mecardo. Softening cattle prices across the board this week and all major NLRS reported categories of cattle across the East coast are now below levels recorded this time last season, including…
Feb 15, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Wool supply issues in the North
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. The drought is showing its effect especially in the northern selling centre (Sydney), where a very small offering of 7,500 bales this week met with strong competition. The south and western…
Feb 15, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards for week ending 15 February 2019
By Matthew McAdam | Source: Riemann, Mecardo. An interesting trend has emerged this week in the auction market, where we’ve seen continual heightened prices across all micron categories. When coupled with the Aussie dollar on a continued…
Feb 15, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - When 620¢ is no longer enough
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. Late this week the lamb and sheep market found some strength. Prices will only fall for so long before grower baulk and put other strategies in place. Either supply has run out, or producers are holding…
Feb 14, 2019
Agworld’s standardised platform hosting a new unique partnership
Agworld, Flurosat, PCT AgCloud, CSIRO and AgLink Australia unite to tackle the fragmented agtech market with comprehensive decision support for modern farmers.Agworld, a major global tech company and the independent platform for agronomists,…
Feb 14, 2019
Promising Sugar-based natural Herbicide targets same pathway as Glyphosate
A team of scientists from Germany's University of Tübingen has discovered a novel and unusual sugar molecule that is harmless to animals and humans but can effectively disrupt the growth of various plants and microorganisms. The researchers…
Feb 14, 2019
Wool Market heading for the 2000 cent mark again
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 14thSMI: 1940 +1918: 2461 +819: 2326 +2020: 2293 +1921: 2281 +1422: 2263 +2128: 1103 +47Merino Cardings: 1136 +2Passed In: 4.5%AUSD: 0.7124www.kareewool.com.auAd -Get the balance back…
Feb 14, 2019
Paraway to part with $50 million plus property bundle
One of Australia’s largest pastoral land owner/operators in Australia has moved to divest over 16,000ha of dryland and irrigated property in New South Wales.Paraway Pastoral Company, which operates large-scale sheep and cattle enterprises…
Feb 14, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - In the medium term projections look good for prices
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, ABS. A couple of weeks ago we looked at Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) cattle industry projections, with a lower herd and lower slaughter one of the main findings. This week we take a stab at some…
Feb 14, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - ESTLI nearing seasonal lows
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, Mecardo.Trade lamb prices have softened by around 6% since the start of the season across the Eastern seaboard. However, analysis of previous seasons percentage price gains/losses shows that…
Feb 14, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Are we on the edge of the precipice
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: USDA, NASS. The USDA finally released their 2019 winter wheat planting estimates. The headline number is that US farmers are going to plant the lowest area to wheat since 1909. In this article, we delve…
Feb 14, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Non mulesed volumes and price effect
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS. AWEX analysis of wool sales this season show a tangible premium being paid for non-mulesed wool for 20 micron and finer Merino fleece, which is good news. Such a price signal is required to boost…
Feb 14, 2019
Check out this Grain Cargo Vessel
You’re looking at the cavernous interior of a typical cargo vessel we load to export grain to the world. Each hold is able to contain 10,000 metric tonnes of grain. Depending on the water depth at the destination port, each ship will…
Feb 13, 2019
Wool market up 9 cents in the South yesterday
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 13thSMI: 1921 +918: 2453 +2419: 2306 +320: 2274 +2221: 2267 +622: 2242 +923: 2234 +228: 1056 +3Merino Cardings: 1134 +20Passed In: 5.0%www.kareewool.com.auAd - For Sheep Tech at it's…
Feb 13, 2019
Widespread state of decline for Agricultural Machinery sales
What began as a slow down in the market midway through 2018 has now turned into a widespread state of decline for Agricultural Machinery sales in Australia.The Industry struggled to the 12,000 tractor level last year but early indications…
