Sep 13, 2018
Faith, Hope, Triumph and Tragedy
By Billa BurraIt's hard to know how we should look back on this year. In many ways it has been a breakthrough year, and an absolute triumph. We have had less than 100mm for the year, and 85mm for the growing season. Less than the…
Sep 13, 2018
Disrupter Stocka out to grab some of the Farmer DYI market
Read here about our new Farm Tender "Prime" Preferred Partner (PPP) Stocka, the disrupter is aiming at the DYI Farmer who wants to market Livestock themselves.Read all about it hereSee the Stocka PPP here
Sep 13, 2018
New high yielding Chickpea variety for Central Queensland
Chickpea production in Central Queensland entered a new era today with the release of a high yielding variety that promises to deliver improved disease resistance and superior agronomic and seed quality characteristics.The new desi…
Sep 13, 2018
Old Ashrose Merino Rams to $8000
Old Ashrose Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Hallett, SA, held their on-property Ram Sale on ThursdayThe entered 120 Rams in the Sale and cleared the lot with the top price being $8000. The average for the Sale was $2244 and the overall…
Sep 13, 2018
Haddon Rig Merino Ram sale average $2356 for 188 sold
Haddon Rig Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Marthaguy, NSW, held their on-property Ram Sale on Thursday.They offered up 210 and sold 188 to a top of $14,000.The average for the Sale was $2356 and the overall gross was $442,991The Merino…
Sep 13, 2018
Clean up grain storages before temperatures rise
Grain growers are advised to closely monitor their grain storages over the coming weeks as increasing temperatures are likely to stimulate stored grain insect pest activity.Grain remaining on-farm from the previous harvest is a common…
Sep 13, 2018
Community-minded farmer wins national farming innovation award
By Lucy DaminA Yorke Peninsula farmer who turned a community issue into an innovative business for his farm has won the Pasture Genetics National Fodder Innovation Award at the Royal Adelaide Show.The award was presented to Kadina…
Sep 13, 2018
Why Fonterra will continue to fail
By St John CranerFonterra’s business model is wrong and has been for a long time.On one side we have farmers who rightly want the maximum return for their milk so they can invest in their own farm infrastructure. On the other side…
Sep 13, 2018
Wallaloo Park Merino Rams to $52,000
Wallaloo Park Merino Stud, Marnoo, Vic held their 27th annual on-property Sale on ThursdayThey offered 194 and sold 185 to a top price of $52,000. Lot number 1 was the top priced lot and sold to Derella Downs and Pyramid Poll Merino…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Cheap wool in the greasy wool market
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, RBA, Riemann, ICS, Mecardo. Bids for 28 and 30 micron were boosted late last week, extending out to May 2019. The bids are discounted to the current market but their appearance suggests demand is set…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Getting real about percentile tables
By Michael Close | Source: MLA, AWEX, Mecardo. A Mecardo subscriber contacted us, interested in the differences between nominal and deflated prices when creating decile tables for different commodities. So without fail, we looked…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Regional Rainfall Update - September 2018
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: BOM, Mecardo. Mecardo have created a series of regional rainfall charts across the nation in order to compare the current seasonal rainfall on a monthly basis to the long term average levels and the normal/extreme…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Are you ok canola?
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. A lot of focus in recent weeks has been on the feed market i.e. wheat and barley. There hasn’t however been much attention on Canola. On Tuesday ABARES released their updated forecasts…
Sep 12, 2018
Retail meat supplier Tasman Butchers has fallen into voluntary administration
Victoria’s largest independent butcher, Tasman Market Fresh Meats Pty Ltd, has fallen into voluntary administration.The company, which traded as Tasman Butchers, appointed administrators David McEvoy and Martin Ford of PricewaterhouseCoopers…
Sep 12, 2018
Droughtmaster National Bull Sale top of $55,000
The Massive Droughtmaster National Bull Sale was held at CQLX, Gracemere, Qld on Monday and Tuesday.Overall there were 493 Bulls entered of which 438 sold to an average of $8401The top Bull, lot 50, Minlacowie Vinnie 8817 was sold…
Sep 12, 2018
North Ashrose Merinos top average of $2444
North Ashrose Merino Stud, Gulnare, SA held their on-property Ram and Ewe Sal on Wednesday An impressive 160 Ram were offered and all sold to the top price of $9000.The average for the Rams was $2444The also offered 299 Stud Ewes…
Sep 12, 2018
$11,500 top at Nyowee Poll Merino Ram Sale
Nyowee Poll Merino Stud, Balaklava, SA,held their 19th annual on-property Ram Sale on WednesdayThe entered 185 Rams and sold them all to a top price of $11,500, sold to Victoria Downs Station, Morven, Qld.The average for the Sale…
Sep 12, 2018
Winyar Merinos average a whopping $2823 fro 88 Rams sold
Winyar Poll Merino and Merino Stud, Canowindra, NSW held their on-property Sale on Wednesday. They offered up 88 Rams and sold the lot to a top of $8500.The average for the Sale was a very strong $2823 and the gross was $248,424 for…
Sep 12, 2018
Landfall Angus averages $8756 for 102 Bulls
Landfall Angus Stud, Launceston, Tas, held their Spring Bull Sale on Wednesday.They offered 103 Bulls and sold 102 to an average of $8756.Lot 2, Landfall Reality M165, was the top-priced BullOverall the Sale grossed $893,112 for the…
Sep 12, 2018
Applying corporate principles to the family farm
The continued growth in scale and business complexity of family farms has driven interest in improving the quality of governance and management processes.While corporate practices can seem unwieldy and unnecessary for family businesses,…
