Sep 23, 2018
Are you feeding enough?
By Alastair Raynor - RaynorAg. Feeding livestock has become the primary task for many producers across eastern states. As the drought continues to extend across the country, some producers have been feeding stock for over eight or…
Sep 23, 2018
AWB and GrainFlow commit to 2 day payment terms
AWB and GrainFlow are committed to bringing value for our customers – shortening of payment terms where we are confident we can deliver on that commitment is one of the ways we are creating more value for our customers today and into…
Sep 23, 2018
Education is key to bridging the divide
By Robbie SeftonHere’s a paradox. In that vast area of Australia outside major cities known – often dismissively – as “rural and regional areas”, the education sector is one of the biggest employers. And yet educational outcomes for…
Sep 23, 2018
$55,000 top at the The Grove Shorthorn Bull Sale
The Grove Shorthorn Stud, Condamine, Qld, held their 35th annual on-property Bull ale on ThursdayThey offered up 96 Bulls and sold them all to an average of $9073.Lot 3, The Grove Playstation M0244 was the top priced lot selling to…
Sep 23, 2018
Coddington Uardry Polls to $9000 top
Coddington Uardry Poll Merino Stud, Gulgong, NSW held their on-property Ram Sale on FridayThey entered 100 Rams and sold the lot to a top price of $9000.The sale average was $2106 and the gross was $210,600 for Graham and Sue CoddingtonPicture…
Sep 23, 2018
Towalba Merinos average $2118 in the final Sale under the current structure
Towalba Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Peak Hill, NSW held their on-property Ram Sale on Friday.They offered up 130 Rams and sold 123 to a top price of $8750 and an average of $2118In a breakdown between the Horns and Polls, they sold…
Sep 23, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Machine learning used to help Farmers
For years, farmers have been selecting products for their operation through the best advice available – seed guides, local agronomists, seed dealers, etc. The advancements in Artificial Intelligence technologies have presented opportunities…
Sep 22, 2018
Lawson Angus Spring Bull Sale top of $10,000
Lawson Angus Stud, Yea, Vic held their Spring Bull Sale on Friday.They offered 46 and sold the lot to a top of $10,000. The top seller was lot 15, Lawsons Judd N25The average was $6478 and the gross was 297,988 for the Lawson familyPicture…
Sep 21, 2018
Glenlands Droughtmasters average $11,036 and sell one for $80,000
Glenlands Droughtmaster Stud, Rockhampton, Qld, held their on-property Sale on FridayThe offered up 155 lots to a total clearance and at an outstanding average of $11,036The top-priced Bull, lot 2, Glenlands D Winchester, was a beauty…
Sep 21, 2018
Moorundie Poll Rams sell to $15,000 in a top sale result
Moorundie Poll Merino Stud, Keith, SA held their on-property Sale on WednesdayThey offered up $160 lots and sold them all to a top price of $15,000. The top-priced Ram was bought by Minta Merino Stud, Port Kenny, SA.The average for…
Sep 21, 2018
EMI sits at 2067c/kg despite a fall in the market this week
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolThe wool market opened on a cautious note this week, as the much reported tariff terms of trade between the US and China saw the US dollar come under pressure against other world currencies.This in part…
Sep 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Strap-on: You are in for a ride
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: ASX, Mecardo. ‘A big crop gets bigger and a small crop gets smaller’. This seems an apt statement to apply to this year’s Australian production. Continued concerns in the east coast & now in western Australia…
Sep 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Spring lambs on the mind
By Olivia Agar | Source: MLA, NLRS, Mecardo. Coles and Woolies are already sprucing new spring lambs on their shelves, and we can see where they're coming from with rising yarding levels down south telling us the spring flush is just…
Sep 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wool drifts lower
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo.The beginning of the selling week saw the Au$ firm and the wool market ease as a consequence, however on Thursday, it was a different tale as buyers abandoned the poorer quality types but…
Sep 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Cattle market a paradox
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Mecardo. Cattle markets managed to edge higher this week, despite stronger supply. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) moved back above 500¢ and within a tick of the price this time last year. It’s…
Sep 20, 2018
Help to identify and manage frost-affected crops
Following significant frosts in Western Australia, the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) advises that information and resources are available to help growers identify and manage frost-affected crops.GRDC acting Managing…
Sep 20, 2018
Roseville Park Rams average $3322 for 160
Roseville Park Merino and Poll Merino Stud Dubbo held their annual on-property Ram Sale on ThursdayThe offered up 160 Rams and sold the lot to a top price of $17,000. The top lot was bought by Adina Merino Stud, NSW.The average for…
Sep 20, 2018
"Woolies Fresh" a move in the right direction says Dairy Connect
Advocacy group Dairy Connect today welcomed supermarket chain Woolworths’ announcement that it will sell a newly-created fresh milk brand with part of the consumer price going to drought-burdened dairy farmers, with their homebrand…
Sep 20, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wool prices from other origins
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, RBA, IWTO, Cape Wools, Prolana, SUL, BWMB. Greasy wool is produced across the world, and with the decline of volumes produced in Australia wool from other origins has increased in proportion of world…
Sep 20, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - An early call on lamb supply
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, ABS, ABARES. Spring is here, but the spring lambs are not. We usually start to see lamb slaughter show weekly increases from mid-July through to mid-October. This year all we have seen is slaughter declines.…
