Aug 29, 2018
Profit up at Bega but they are wary of drought outcomes
Bega Cheese continues to grow and build a great Australian dairy and food company.Another year of growth and acquisition combined with sound financial performance sees Bega Cheese creating a significant position as an Australian dairy…
Aug 29, 2018
Ag Land prices to climb higher - Rabobank
While city house prices appear to have come off the boil in many parts of Australia, agricultural land prices are set to continue to climb over the next two years with no peak in sight, according to a new report by Rabobank.In its…
Aug 29, 2018
5G's first regional release in the Darling Downs
By Andrew Penn - Chief Executive Officer at TelstraToday I was in Toowoomba, in the heart of the Darling Downs region in Queensland, where we have proudly achieved another 5G first – activating the first 5G mobile base station in…
Aug 29, 2018
Burenda Angus reach an average of $9513 in a total clearance
Burenda Angus Stud, Kaimkillenbun, Qld, held their 10th annual Bull Sale at the Rome Salyards on WednesdayThe Stud had a total clearance of 116 Bulls with a top price of $16,500 twice. One was lot 19, Burenda Maestro M249 and the…
Aug 29, 2018
Farm in Focus – Ben Merritt, Ultima, Vic
By Louisa Ferrier - BCGBen farms with his wife and parents at Ultima. He has been farming full time since 2006 and has implemented new enterprises and farming practices to adapt to Mallee weather conditions and emerging business opportunities.…
Aug 29, 2018
Hamilton Run Poll Merino Rams to $4400
Hamilton Run Poll Merino, Dohne and White Suffolk Studs, Jamestown, SA, held their Ram Sale on TuesdayThey offered 100 Poll Merino Rams and sold 97 to a top price of $4400 and an average of $2033For the Dohnes, they offered up 60…
Aug 29, 2018
Taking Wool to a new level
Long heralded as the fibre of choice for insulating next-to-skin base-layers, innovations in wool have led to a rise in the use of the fibre in outerwear apparel, such as jackets. A recent development between The Woolmark Company…
Aug 29, 2018
Sell for $1 or 1% on Farm Tender
Today we launch our $1-1% promotion. So from today, if you sign up as a "Prime" Monthly Members (PMM) you can sell Grain, Hay, Silage, etc for $1/mt and Machinery & Equipment, Livestock, Trucks & Trailers, Vehicles & Motorbikes, Livestock…
Aug 29, 2018
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Volume 14
Waiting for the new season Hay to arriveI get the feeling that most people in the Fodder industry are looking forward to the new season Hay to arrive. "Old season Hay stocks are all but exhausted" SA based salesman John Drum said.Hay…
Aug 29, 2018
Wool Market - Finer micron gains but 23 micron drops 60 cents today
KareeWool market report for the South - August 29thIND: 2041 +418: 2610 +2119: 2404 +1820: 2300 +921: 2272 +322: 2272 +723: 2214 -6028: 970 ucMC: 1551 +17PI: 2.4%http://www.kareewool.com.au/
Aug 28, 2018
Murdeduke Angus Central Queensland Bull Sale top of $17,000
Murdeduke Angus Stud, Winchelsea, Vic held their Central Queensland Bull Sale on TuesdayThey offered up 63 Bulls and sold 53 to a top price of $17,000. The sale topper was lot 3, Murdeduke Hussar M283 which sold to Palgrove Pastoral,…
Aug 28, 2018
USA - August Record Set for Cattle on Feed with 11.1 Million Head Reported
Nearly half a million more cattle were added to feedlots since August last year.According to the latest USDA Cattle on Feed report, the 4.6% increase in the Aug. 1 inventory resulted in 11,093,000 cattle in feedlots. The 489,000 additional…
Aug 28, 2018
Rices Creek Merino's Mid North Sale averages $2288 for 127 sold
Rices Creek Poll Merino Stud, Saddleworth, SA, Held their Mid North Sale on Tuesday after a successful Tintinara Sale earlier in the month.The offered up 130 Rams and sold 127 to a top price of $8800. The top-priced Ram was sold to…
Aug 28, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A review of merino wool quality
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICS. Wool production reporting tends to dwell on total volumes and total flock numbers. Processors, however, are more particular about the greasy wool they want as they are particular about the processed…
Aug 28, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A measure of buyer enthusiasm
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Mecardo. The underlying data that is used to create the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) can be filtered to give an insight into the optimism/intentions of different buyer groups. The prospect…
Aug 28, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Tell the kids, there is a bit of money in rearing lambs
By Angus Brown | Source: Auctionsplus, Maxcare.It’s an age old question, and one that is rarely put through a rational economic test. It’s probably of more interest to school children on farms than farmers. But with four mismothered…
Aug 28, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - What about grain consumers?
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. We are a broad church at Mecardo. We don’t stick to one commodity and we have readers who are both on the buy and sell side of agriculture. Although we tend to focus our articles on…
Aug 27, 2018
Tools that keeps WA grazier ahead of worm burden risk
Leading West Australian sheep producer Brad Wooldridge is enjoying increased peace of mind and confidence in his management decision thanks to ASKBILL’s ability to alert him in advance to parasite risks to his flock.Mr Wooldridge,…
Aug 27, 2018
How the drought is impacting GDP
By Felicity Emmett - Head of Australian Economics, ANZNew South Wales is particularly badly affected, with southern Queensland and Victoria also hit hard. "Already the impact of the drought is evident in the economic data.”While persistently…
Aug 27, 2018
Ryegrass resistance situation is complex
Resistance to pre-emergent herbicides from a total of three mode of action groups has now been confirmed in Australian annual ryegrass populations.National weed resistance surveys of growers’ paddocks have identified populations resistant…
