Nov 18, 2018
Bright times ahead for Sunraysia Agriculture
Jason Marr, Regional Executive North West VIC, ANZThe benefits of industry collaboration are clear across all sectors but particularly in agriculture – and increasingly so in Victoria’s Sunraysia region as it continues to attract…
Nov 18, 2018
$50 million R & D extension for the certified Pasture Seeds industry
AgriFutures Australia has unveiled a new five-year research, development and extension plan (RD&E) for the certified temperate pasture seeds industry. Boosting harvesting efficiency, improving water productivity, and supporting effective…
Nov 18, 2018
Global strategies needed to combat antibiotic and pesticide resistance
Resistance to antibiotics and pesticides (known collectively as biocides) is rising at alarming rates. Doctors are seeing more patients with untreatable infections and in some areas, farmers are unable to kill off weeds and insects…
Nov 17, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Alerts to tell Farmers of changes to Crop conditions
Alerts will tell farmers when there have been changes in fields over timeFarmers Edge believes it has solved the satellite imagery information overload problem with automated alerts.The company’s farm management dashboard will now…
Nov 17, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - The power of data insights, knowledge sharing and collaboration
By David Wilkinson, Senior Procurement Director Agriculture, PepsiCo EuropeIncreasing agricultural productivity is a global imperative. To feed a rising global population it has been estimated that we need to grow more food in the…
Nov 17, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - The value of collaboration in Agriculture
By Doug Fitch - Agworld Chief Executive OfficerWith an increasing number of technology providers offering their services to growers with the aim of solving very specific problems or offering service in a small niche of agriculture,…
Nov 17, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - FBN release and new data based Crop Insurance products for Farmers
Having the wrong level of insurance coverage can have an immense impact on your bottom line over the long term—you could be overpaying on premiums year after year, or under-compensating for risk, leaving your operation exposed in…
Nov 17, 2018
Woolgrowers vote for 1.5 percent in WoolPoll
Australian woolgrowers have voted in favour of a wool levy of 1.5 per cent on wool sales to fund research, development and marketing of the natural fibre.The result was determined by a count of preferences that was overseen by Link…
Nov 16, 2018
Mad Cow disease identified on Scottish Farm
A number of cattle on an Aberdeenshire farm will be destroyed after a case of mad cow disease was identified, the first in Britain since 2015.A movement ban has been put on the estate in Huntley, 40 miles from Aberdeen, to prevent…
Nov 16, 2018
Argentina’s wheat exports are set to double over the next decade
Argentina’s wheat exports are set to double over the next decade, potentially challenging Australia’s competitiveness in key markets, according to a new report from the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC).AEGIC Chief…
Nov 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Harvest pressure despite minimal receivals
By Angus Brown | Source: Graincorp, ASX, CME. With harvest underway yields are coming in near expected levels. Looking at receivals gives us a bit of an idea where grain is being stored, and where the top ups are coming from. ASX…
Nov 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards for week ending 16 November 2018
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: Rieman. The wool auction market managed to steady this week and the added confidence this brought saw some trades take place in the forward market out until December 2019.Trades were limited to the 21 and…
Nov 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Lamb finds a base to bounce off
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, NLRS. The lamb market seems to have found a level it was happy with this week. With supply disruptions due to the Melbourne Cup, it’s hard to get a gauge on supply, but it appears we might have seen the…
Nov 16, 2018
Wool EMI find stability
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolIt was a roller coaster ride on the wool market this week, as the Eastern Market Indicator finally found stability after the previous four weeks of downturn.By week’s end the EMI had increased to 1781 cents…
Nov 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wool market gets a toehold
By Olivia Agar | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. Despite this week’s offering being the largest we have seen in a long time, the market managed to find a point to stabilise from the incessant falls. Sydney saw support for the broader microns,…
Nov 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Prospect of rain brings mixed fortunes
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, BOM, Mecardo. Cattle price movements across eastern states sale yards are a little mixed this week as throughput levels return to seasonal norms and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) release their…
Nov 15, 2018
More bleeding as the Wool market continues to drop
Karee Wool market report Southern Division. November 15thSMI: 1758 +1318: 2248 +4019: 2100 +1220: 2071 +2321: 2058 +422: 2085 +323: 2021 +528: 765 +11MC: 1114 +21Pass in rate: 10.3%www.kareewool.com.auAd - Pepperton Poll Dorset &…
Nov 15, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Improving sorghum prospects seeing a flat curve
By Angus Brown | Source: ASX. Those following feed grain markets closely will have seen the interesting flat curve for ASX Grain Futures. The most expensive ASX Wheat contract is January, and prices are the same, or lower for subsequent…
Nov 15, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Fine merino wool price structure – what’s going on?
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS. As fine wool prices have fallen in recent months, comments have been made about better style fine wool with attributes such as being non-mulesed holding their value. This leads to the hope that…
Nov 15, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wagyu – The phantom premium menace
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, AuctionsPlus, Mecardo. At the start of 2018 Mecardo published a piece on the Wagyu F1 steer premiums to the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI). Anecdotal reports suggested that the flood of Wagyu…
