Sep 11, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Lamb feeding is a risky business this year
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Mecardo. Last week we looked at the cost of feeding ewes through until next year. But there might also be plenty of lambs out there requiring feeding to finish this year. With grain prices seemingly happy…
Sep 11, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Micron price curves in the current greasy wool market
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS. Given the increasing supply of fine Merino wool and the continued shortage of broad Merino wool, what is happening to the price relativities between micron categories? This article takes a look…
Sep 11, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Can solid processor margins spark a rally in the EYCI?
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Steiner, USDA, Trade, Mecardo. Processor margins remain elevated and have moved back above the upper end of the normal range during August. The healthy margins appear to be encouraging processor optimism…
Sep 11, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - ABARES: An East Side Story
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: ABARES, Mecardo. Early this morning ABARES released their quarterly crop report. It wouldn’t surprise anyone to see that the forecasts been chopped. The headline numbers; wheat -2.8mmt (13%), barley 870kmt…
Sep 10, 2018
Eastville Park and Quailerup West Merinos sell 297 at $1672
Eastville Park and Quailerup West Merino and Poll Merino Studs, Wickepin, WA held their on-property Ram Sale on Monday300 Rams were offered and 297 sold to an average of $1672The top priced lot was $4250 and the sale grossed $496,584…
Sep 10, 2018
Greenfields Merinos sells to a top of $13,250
Greenfields Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Booborowie, SA, held their on-property Ram Sale on Monday.They offered up 120 Rams and sold the lot to a wonderful average of $2529.The top-priced horn Ram was $13,250 and sold to Thalang Pastoral…
Sep 10, 2018
Lewisdale Merinos to $27,500
Lewisdale Poll Merino Stud, Wickepin, WA, held their Ram Sale on Saturday.The Lewis family offered up 240 Rams and sold the lot to an average of $2142The top lot made $27,500 and the sale grossed $518,364http://www.lewisdale.com.au/If…
Sep 10, 2018
Dairy Connect also welcomes the Dairy mandatory code of conduct
Dairy industry body Dairy Connect has welcomed the federal government’s announcement today that it will introduce a dairy mandatory code of conduct.Dairy Connect has been an ongoing advocate for the introduction of a mandatory code…
Sep 10, 2018
Proud of what he does and the fine Wool he produces
By Lisa Griplas Take a drive through Scaddan’s ‘Red Gully’ and you would see a vast contrast between lush pastures and desert-like eroded sand hills. In reality, this is the unusual landscape that Australian woolgrower Dave Vandenberghe…
Sep 10, 2018
Video - GRDC determined to deliver on RD&E
Purpose: To invest in research, development and extension to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers Key performance indicator: Minimum 6.0% rate of return by 2023Watch the video here - https://youtu.be/omdYMIVZxWkConsultation…
Sep 10, 2018
ADF's recommendations for the mandatory code of practice for the Dairy industry
Peak dairy farmer group Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF) has supported a mandatory code of practice for the dairy industry.ADF has advised the federal Government that a mandatory code must deliver coverage across the entire industry…
Sep 10, 2018
Big Sheep industry news - New Zealand bans mulesing
New Zealand bans mulesing. Under the changes, the surgical removal of a sheep’s breach, tail skin folds or tail skin wrinkles will be made a criminal conviction and carry a $5000 penalty for an individual offender and $25,000 for…
Sep 10, 2018
Bendigo Sheep and Lambs slightly dearer today
Bendigo Sheep and Lamb 10/09/18LAMBNumbers remained similar to the previous week. The sale started off cheaper but becoming firm to dearer as the sale progressed. Suckers with dryer skins sold tough enough any greasier types sold…
Sep 10, 2018
Kerin Poll Merinos total clearance of 400 at $3026 average, gross $1.2 million
Kerin Poll Merino Stud Yoeval, NSW, held their on-property Ram Sale on Monday and what an amazing result it wasIt is the largest on-property Sale in Australia, they offered up 400 Rams and sold the lot in a total clearance. That in…
Sep 09, 2018
Applications open for Rural Women’s Award
Emerging female leaders who want to create impact, innovate and make a difference to rural and regional Australia are encouraged to apply for the 2019 AgriFutures™ Rural Women’s Award.Applications are now open for the 2019 AgriFutures™…
Sep 09, 2018
Data collection starts - Catching, tagging, weighing 1116 Calves
Over the last six weeks, 1116 calves have been born at Te Mania, Mortlake, Vic. It has been full on for our team, catching, tagging, weighing and drifting the calves with their mothers from their mobs. On some days 50 calves have…
Sep 09, 2018
Trigger Vale Polls full clearance of 160 at an impressive average of $2556
Trigger Vale Poll Merino and White Suffolk Studs, Lockhart, NSW held their 41st on-property Ram Sale on Friday.They offered up 160 Merinos and cleared the lot with a top price of $9000.The average for the Merinos was $2556.25 and…
Sep 09, 2018
102 carriage record Wheat train heading to the drought affected North
A new record for the longest train in the history of the ARTC network has been set. Loaded on a Southern Short Haul train with local grain delivered to Cargill’s GrainFlow site at Crystal Brook, South Australia, the train is 1.8 kilometres…
Sep 09, 2018
Precision Lambing
Tim Leeming is a long-time advocate of running multiple-bearing ewes in small mobs at lambing.His triplet-bearing ewes typically lamb in mobs of 8–20 ewes, while twin-bearing ewes lamb in mob sizes of 45–55. Single-bearing ewes can…
Sep 08, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Advancing digital Agriculture from point solutions to platforms
By Sarah NoletKey takeaways * Currently known as the world’s least digitised industry, agriculture is experiencing a digital revolution driven by global trends that are laying the foundations for new agricultural production systems…
