Jul 12, 2018
From What We Grow to What We Know
By J. Matthew Pryor - Rocket SeederIn my keynote address at the Australian Farm Institute “Digital Farmers 2018” conference, I shared my mission: to help create as many successful Australian startups in agriculture as possible. Startups…
Jul 11, 2018
Mort & Co take Gold and Silver at World Steak Challenge
Darling Downs based company Mort & Co has rightly staked its place at the international steak table with two gold medals and a silver for a first-ever attempt at the World Steak Challenge.With just 3 entries supplied for the branded…
Jul 11, 2018
Semen straws sell for $3000 at Premium Wagyu Sale
The Australian Wagyu Association’s Premium Wagyu Sale, held 6 July, 2018, proved once again that top performing Wagyu genetics are highly sought after.This Sale offered 97 lots of bulls, females, semen, embryos and commercial fullblood…
Jul 11, 2018
NSW DPI move to Orange - New building to house 700 staff and be ready by 2020
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is set to have a new head office in Orange’s CBD, housing up to 700 staff, providing a long-term boost for its economy.Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair said the modern, three-storey,…
Jul 11, 2018
Viterra launches "dynamic binning" for the 18/19 Harvest
Viterra is pleased to be giving growers the opportunity to have their wheat upgraded with the introduction of dynamic binning for the 2018/19 harvest.Andrew Hannon, Viterra’s Commercial and Quality Manager, said dynamic binning would…
Jul 11, 2018
Optimising Fertiliser investments
Work is underway to provide grain growers in the southern cropping region (Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania) with the confidence, knowledge and ability to make more effective and profitable nutrient management decisions.A new…
Jul 11, 2018
Innovation Generation highlights from day 2
Day 2 of GrainGrowers' Innovation Generation conference for young farmers and agribusiness people aged 18-35 saw the focus move to the importance of effective communication in business and in life. SESSION 3 focused on the fact that…
Jul 11, 2018
Sheep meat producers set to be the real winners of the food boom.
By Robert Herrmann - Mecardo We have seen some optimistic headlines recently about the prospects for agriculture.“Mining boom to dining boom” and “Australian farms to be the food bowl for Asia” are recognizable newspaper headlines…
Jul 11, 2018
Sheep DNA testing just got a whole lot cheaper.....
Sheep breeders will today enjoy cheaper genomic testing of their flock when the price of the Sheep Genomic Test is reduced from $35 per animal to $27 (plus GST) when collected using a tissue sampling unit (TSU) and $30 (plus GST)…
Jul 11, 2018
Dairy Connect says new Milk Price Index is only "half baked"
The new national Milk Price Index is ‘half-baked’, because it provides only a snapshot of dairy farm production data and not analysis of the farm-gate impact of the costs of processing.This was the view today of Dairy Connect CEO…
Jul 11, 2018
Innovation Generation highlights from day 1
More than 150 young farmers and agribusiness people packed the Civic Theatre in Wagga yesterday for Day 1 of GrainGrowers' Innovation Generation conference with the theme Building Blocks for Success.In his welcome Dr Michael Southan,…
Jul 10, 2018
Australia’s Dairy Farmers remain exposed to unfair milk supply agreements
Australia’s dairy farmers continue to remain exposed to unfair milk supply agreements put forward by processors after Australian Competition and Consumer Commission handed down industry reform recommendations, in its final report…
Jul 10, 2018
Precision, discipline and respect is the approach from the Japanese towards food production
By Khan Horne, National Australia BankA few weeks ago, we returned from a ten day tour of Japan with 19 of our Agribusiness customers, where we furthered our understanding of Japan’s food production value chain and gained valuable…
Jul 10, 2018
Is DOT the key to autonomous and robotic Farm Machinery?
Canada - Slightly less than a year after the DOT autonomous agricultural platform was shown to the public at the Ag In Motion Farm show, the first DOT compatible implement built by a “platform partner” is being tested.A newly formed…
Jul 10, 2018
Animal Ethics gets the all clear to use Tri-Solfen® pain relief for beef and dairy calves
Medical Ethics Pty Ltd, a commercial research and development company focused on pain mitigation in wounds for humans and animals, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Animal Ethics Pty Ltd (Animal Ethics), has successfully…
Jul 10, 2018
Video - $271 record Lamb price for Ballarat Saleyards
Watch Murray Arnel interview Gerard Wright from TB White and Sons with the Ballarat Sheep and Lamb report$271 tops for Lambs today at Ballarat which is a record for themWatch here https://www.facebook.com/murray.arnel.7792/videos/243128129751715/
Jul 10, 2018
Video - Tim Pattison from RLA with the Wagga Cattle Report
Tim Pattison from Riverina Livestock Agents with the Wagga Cattle ReportWatch here - https://www.facebook.com/RLAwaggawagga/videos/1752000818224387/
Jul 10, 2018
Video - The Farm Tender "What's Hot" report for the last week
Watch here last week's Farm Tender What's Hot report - https://youtu.be/xUKMj2KqjrI
Jul 09, 2018
Lambs firm and Sheep cheaper at Bendigo on Monday
Bendigo Sheep & Lamb 9/7/18Lamb numbers fell slightly on last week. Quality was very mixed but the lead drafts of lambs presented very good condition but fell away quickly on anything not supplementary fed. The trend for the lamb…
Jul 09, 2018
Mega Dairy goes up for Sale - Coomboona Dairies
One of Australia’s most advanced dairy aggregations, Coomboona Dairies in the Goulburn Valley, is being offered to the market as a whole or as two contiguous holdings.The asset has been listed with Elders Real Estate on instruction…
