Aug 19, 2018
Building future drought resilience
100% of NSW has been declared as drought affected with a large portion in severe drought. A large part of Queensland is also affected with some regions running on a 7-year drought streak. In fact, history tells us that the current…
Aug 19, 2018
Nuffield Scholars making a difference to Australian Ag
It’s been a busy year for Katanning’s Lara Ladyman, who is the CBH Group’s 2017 Nuffield Scholar.The Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarships aim to make a difference in the world of agriculture and assist in skill development and…
Aug 19, 2018
Forecasted 5.7 percent decline in Wool production
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg greasy. This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season.…
Aug 19, 2018
AWI's WoolQ upgraded
Today, AWI unveiled the next phase of its WoolQ online platform releasing three new features - the Industry Network Forum, My WoolQ and Ready Reckoner.Launched in March 2018, WoolQ is Australia’s first online wool industry platform…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - FBN launch own seed brand called F2F
Agricultural startup Farmers Business Network tried to break into selling other companies’ seeds online and found itself stymied. So today FBN launched its own seed brand, called F2F, which it will sell direct to farmers through its…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - MLA and HerdDogg pilot to improve overall animal health
HerdDogg, an innovator of precision livestock and remote animal health solutions, is partnering with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) for the largest real- time cattle health pilot ever conducted. The MLA-funded pilot will install…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - New app for maintenance for Farm Plant, Equipment and Vehicles
Along with his brother Peter, David farms more than 22,000 acres in northern New South Wales, growing wheat, chickpeas, faba beans, canola, barley and dryland cotton under a zero-till, controlled-traffic system.A NEW smartphone and…
Aug 18, 2018
Video - Two National Lamb records tumble at Griffith on Friday
Watch here the Spencer and Bennett footage of the Sale - https://www.facebook.com/spencerbennettypc/videos/2114468885538770/Congratulations to Mark Tabain for breaking the National Record with a whopping $318 for a pen of 58 lambs.…
Aug 18, 2018
Kedleston Park Merino's to $5000
Kedleston Park Merino Stud, Calivil, Vic held their Ram Sale on Friday.They offered up 44 Rams and sold 40 to an average of $2269. The top lot went for $5000 and the sale grossed $90,760 for the Humbert Family
Aug 18, 2018
Booroomooka Angus sell 218 to an average of $9036
The Munro family's Booroomooka Angus, Bingara, NSW, Bull Sale was held on Friday and what a Sale it wasThey offered up 218 Bulls and cleared the lot to a top of $28,000, lot 99, Booroomooka Marscay M570.The average for the Sale was…
Aug 18, 2018
Glenlea Park Merinos's average $2358 for 168 all sold
Glenlea Park Poll Merino Stud, Pinnaroo, SA, held their on-property on Friday. They offered 168 Rams and sold the lot to a top of $5800. The top lot was sold to Nareen Station, Coleraine, Vic.The average for the Sale was a very solid…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Drop in throughput not enough to shore up EYCI
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, Steiner, BOM, MecardoDeclining saleyard cattle volumes this week were not able to provide a floor to price movements for younger cattle with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) extending…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Lamb bounces back to set another record
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, MecardoAfter finding some solid resistance at 800¢ earlier in August, it looked like lambs stellar run was finished. This week the market came back to life, with new highs set in heavy and trade lamb…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Perfect storm for wool market
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, MecardoA fall in the Au$, alongside a reduced offering and the prospect of a further reduction in the offerings into the future, conspired to create an almost frenzied wool market this week.The Eastern…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards – Week ending 17th August 2018
By Olivia Agar | Source: Mecardo, RiemannThe Australian dollar has continued its downward trajectory, with no signs of a turnaround in the short-term. This is providing some support to overseas buyers, keeping the futures active while…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - US to take the task
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, MecardoWe are starting to get through the northern hemisphere weather window and the crop condition is now largely known. European Union and Black Sea exports are going to decline and locally we can…
Aug 17, 2018
Smokin’: the strategy behind emerging Tassie icon’s monumental export growth
When BJ Plummer was handed the reins of acclaimed Tasmanian smoked seafood producer Woodbridge Smokehouse, he was instructed not to ‘mess around’ with the brand. We spoke to Plummer about his strategy, which has seen export revenue…
Aug 17, 2018
EMI up 126c/kg in an astonishing week for Wool
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolA lower national offering of just over 36,000 bales and a decline in the Australian dollar trading at below 73 US cents was enough to attract strong overseas demand on the wool market this week.The Eastern…
Aug 16, 2018
Value-based pricing through DEXA can deliver up to $20 added value per carcase
A shift to value-based pricing brought on by the adoption of DEXA technology at meat processing plants could deliver up to $20 per carcase in added value to the supply chain.Historically, the industry has used a simple measure of…
Aug 16, 2018
Injunction threat for Live Export addressed - Littleproud
The threat of a court injunction stopping live export ships from leaving port has been addressed after Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud signed a regulation today.The concern was an activist group could lodge a court injunction…
