Sep 01, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Experiment brings data driven Farming efficiencies
Farmers are banding together to find the best use of equipment with the help of Commonwealth Bank and its Smart Assets experiment.Discover more about innovation * Preparing to future-proof agribusiness * Wiise software and ways…
Sep 01, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Opportunities for the Australian agri-food sector
Read the report hereIf Australia wants to grow its agri-food sector to $100 billion, there is much we can we learn from the second largest agri-food exporting nation in the world. Australia has every reason to be buoyant with the…
Sep 01, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Video - Sheep Tech at it's best
Five key technologies sheep producers can introduce into their sheep enterprise to optimise management practices by increasing the number of sheep run per labour unit and improving efficiency and productivity 1. Remote cameras used…
Sep 01, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Golf Course tech could transform to the Farm
GreenSight Agronomics systems engineer Andrew DeLollis vividly remembers the insane workstation setup he had at his previous job. His computer had a loose electrical connection and if someone accidentally bumped his desk or the wall,…
Sep 01, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Leading New Zealand tech expert says Agtech can save the economy
Agritech could be destined to save the New Zealand economy, leading New Zealand tech expert Graeme Muller says.The tremendous worldwide demand for food continues to soar with some estimating the market to be worth $US3 trillion and…
Sep 01, 2018
Video - Drought’s silent knock-on effect
By Josh Wall - WespacIn the regional town of Dubbo in central NSW, the smattering of rain over the weekend brought a glimmer of hope.Watch the video here - https://youtu.be/3P25sgPMPMsWhile nowhere near enough to break what many are…
Sep 01, 2018
Video - This week's Farm Tender "What's Hot" report
Watch this week's Farm Tender "What's Hot" reportWatch here - https://youtu.be/THFE8WS4jpMBecome a "Prime" Monthly Member (PMM) https://www.farmtender.com.au/primemonthlymembers
Sep 01, 2018
Full transcript for NFF president Fiona Simpson's address to the National Press Club
Disrupting the status quo: Agriculture’s road to $100 billionGood afternoon and welcome.What a pleasure it is to be here today for my first address to the National Press Club.May I begin by acknowledging Australia’s first farmers,…
Aug 31, 2018
Wool market EMI up 22 cents for the week
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolDespite the postponement of Thursday’s sale due to a large and well-publicised warehouse fire around the Melbourne auction facility, the wool market was able to recover some of last week’s losses as the…
Aug 31, 2018
Video - Watch here a full rondown on the "extreme" Sheep and Lamb Sale at Wagga
Riverina Livestock Agents James Tierney with the report on the Wagga Sheep and Lamb sale on Thursday where the yarding was 30,000 Lambs and 22,000 Sheep were yarded.A National record price of #37.20 was recorded for a pen of heavy…
Aug 31, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Some relief from the dry and declining prices
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, BOM, Mecardo. Decent rain for parts of northern NSW and south east Queensland was enough to provide a bit of a price boost across all MLA reported eastern states cattle categories this week.…
Aug 31, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Next stop $10?
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, BOM, Mecardo.A little bit of precipitation seemed to go a long way this week. Lamb prices jumped for all east coast categories, with the restocker lamb surprisingly doing the most. Meanwhile, heavy lambs…
Aug 31, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - On tenterhooks
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. The drought has put the whole country on tenterhooks. The market is currently at very strong levels, any event has the capacity to cause very big swings in pricing. The weather at present…
Aug 31, 2018
Australia’s biggest Wheat customer is growing fast
Australia’s biggest wheat customer is growing fast and meeting its needs should be a key priority for Australia now and in the future, according to AEGIC analysis.AEGIC has released the first in a series of reports analysing where…
Aug 30, 2018
Navigate the way with support list - By Robbie Sefton
So much hope invested in that weekend rain front: and much disappointment followed.Inevitably, though, this drought is going to be with us for a long time to come. Even when the rain deficit corrects itself, farmers will be carrying…
Aug 30, 2018
Milwillah Angus Bulls to $22,000 in a total clearance
Milwillah Angus Stud, Young, NSW, held their Bull Sale on Wednesday.They offered up 72 lots and sold them all to a top price of $22,000. Lot 5, Milwillah Identity N44 sold to the Attard family, Moura, Qld.The average for the sale…
Aug 30, 2018
Influential Sire makes $30,000 at Futurity Shorthorn Bull Sale
Futurity Shorthorn Stud, Baradine, NSW, held their 10th annual on-property Sale on Thursday.They offered up 50 Bulls and sold the lot in a total clearance. Lot 6, Futurity Might & Power M234 sold to Carlton Shorthorns, SA for $30,000.The…
Aug 30, 2018
New National Lamb Record of $337.20 set at Wagga
New National Lamb record was set at Wagga Wagga Saleyards on Thursday. This time it was $337.20More to come....
Aug 30, 2018
Gunallo Poll Merinos to a top of $4800
Gunallo Poll Merino Stud, Pinnaroo, SA, held their Ram Sale on Thursday.They offered up 96 Rams and sold 94 to a top of $4800. Lot 3 was the top lot and sold to McPiggery at Lamaroo, SA.The average for the Sale was $1678 and the overall…
Aug 30, 2018
Littleproud: CSIRO dams work provides road map to 15,000 jobs
New dams can create almost 15,000 regional jobs and $4.85 billion in production in northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud said today.The Northern…
