Aug 22, 2018
Success - A2 Milk more than doubles its profit
Overview for the year ended 30 June 2018 (NZ$): * Total revenue of $922.7 million – an increase of 68% over the prior corresponding period (pcp) * EBITDA[1] of $283.0 million – up 101% on pcp * Net profit after tax of $195.7…
Aug 22, 2018
Sheep slaughter rates up 28 percent compared to the same quarter last year
Livestock slaughtering and meat production quarterly trend movements for June 2018:Source - ABS * Cattle slaughter increased 57, 000 head (or 3.0%) compared with the March quarter and increased by 130,200 head (or 7.2%) year on…
Aug 22, 2018
Southern Wool indicator down 8 cents today
AWEX KareeWool market report South - Aug 22IND: 2037 -818: 2589 -719: 2386 -820: 2291 -2721: 2269 -3222: 2265 -2228: 970 -5MC: 1534 -10PI: 9.9%http://www.kareewool.com.au/
Aug 22, 2018
Mecardo Insight - Farming for the future
From the Mecardo Blog (viewed by all) - Posted by Caitlin Grieven 1932 Winston Churchill’s essay “50 Years Hence” predicted that society would “escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by…
Aug 22, 2018
Mecardo Insight - What will the wheat genome map mean for the fight for acres?
From the Mecardo Blog (viewed by all) - Posted by Robert HerrmannThe announcement that scientists have successfully mapped the wheat genome is significant. Firstly, for the fact that the scale of this achievement is huge; the wheat…
Aug 22, 2018
Mecardo Blog - The next person you hire could make or break your team
From the Mecardo Blog (viewed by all) - Posted by Josh PetersThe next employee you hire will play a huge role in how your business can meet its goals and objectives – or, they could be the reason why you don’t. The effect your newest…
Aug 21, 2018
New discovery that the Wheat genetic code is five times larger than the Human one
Agriculture Victoria scientists have helped crack a genetic code almost five times bigger than that of the human genome. The work provides a new foundation to improve production and response to disease threats, enhance wheat quality,…
Aug 21, 2018
Canadian Pulse tour unearths novel weed control options
A two-week Canadian study tour identified a range of new research opportunities that could benefit growers and contribute towards an increasingly robust Australian pulse industry.Agriculture Victoria pulse agronomy research scientists…
Aug 21, 2018
Carabar Angus to $11,000 twice
Carabar Angus Stud, Meandarra, Qld held their on-property Bull Sale on Tuesday.They offered up 87 Bulls and sold 62 to a top of $11,000 twice. Lot 1, Carabar Ultra M83 and lot 11, Carabar Berkley M63 shared the top billingThe average…
Aug 21, 2018
Kattata Well White Suffolks to $3000
Kattata Well White Suffolk Stud, Port Kenny, SA held their Ram Sale on TuesdayThey offered up 120 Rams and sold 113 to a top of $3000. The top Ram was sold to high profile Seedstock operation Kurralea White Suffolks, Ariah Park NSW.The…
Aug 21, 2018
Wool Market undoes some of last weeks gains
AWEX KareeWool market report for the Southern Division - August 21IND: 2045 -4218: 2596 -6319: 2394 -6520: 2318 -6921: 2301 -6622: 2287 -6323: 2274 -3428: 975 -9MC: 1544 -14PI: 15.3%http://www.kareewool.com.au/
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - No money in feeding and something has to move
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, MecardoWhen the March cattle on feed survey came out, we took a look at lotfeeder margins and concluded there were a lot of cattle on feed making not much money. In the period from March to June, more…
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Checking the fine merino market against the past three decades
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWC, WI, CSIRO, AWEX, RBA, ICSThe strength of the current merino market has prompted questions about how fine merino prices stack up against the levels reached in the late 1980s. This article takes a look…
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Deciles: August 2018
Deciles are an important tool in your marketing toolbox, to provide a view for strategic decisions. Our collection of updated deciles include dairy, wool, livestock, grain & inputs.To view the decile tables for each commodity please…
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A recap on canola
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: ICE, Matif, MecardoIn recent weeks our focus has largely been on the wheat and feed market, as this will be the primary driver on most farms this season. Today however, I thought it was timely to produce…
Aug 20, 2018
Lambs dearer and Sheep cheaper at Bendigo Market
Bendigo Prime Lamb & Sheep Market Report 20-8-18 Total yarding 13,710 Lambs & 7915 Sheep. The market trend for the day was $5-8 dearerLambsHeavy Lambs $210-286, $5-8 dearer Trade Lambs $140-210, $5-10 dearer Heavy Trade Suckers…
Aug 20, 2018
AWI is recommending that Woolgrowers vote for 2 percent in WoolPoll
Today, the 2018 WoolPoll Panel and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) have launched WoolPoll 2018, the opportunity woolgrowers have every three years to vote on the levy rate to fund AWI’s research, development and marketing activities…
Aug 20, 2018
Climate Kelpie Website to help Farmers tackle climate variabilities
A new look Climate Kelpie website, responsible for rounding up climate information for Australian farmers for over a decade, was launched at the 2018 Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast.Climate Kelpie is a website for farmers,…
Aug 20, 2018
Agriwebb raises $14 million and acquires UK based FarmWizard at the same time
Sydney-based startup AgriWebb, which has created a farm and livestock management solution, has secured a $14 million investment from UK outfit Wheatsheaf Group for a minority stake in the business.With Wheatsheaf Group investing in…
Aug 20, 2018
Clean and Green Wool Growing in Tassie
We’re certainly not trying to replicate a system that was present in 1770,” says Sebastian Burgess. “But rather we’re looking for a landscape that has ecological function; a landscape that is sympathetic with agricultural objectives…
