Jun 20, 2018
Ag Minister summarises ABARES mid year report
* Gross value of farm production forecast to increase to $61.4 billion in 2018–19, up from $60.5 billion in 2017–18 according to the ABARES Agricultural Commodities report * Barley, horticulture, lamb, milk, wheat and wool production…
Jun 20, 2018
Cotton Seed Distributors opens new seed processing plant at Wee Waa
Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) have officially opened their new cotton seed processing facilities at ‘Shenstone’, near Wee Waa in northern NSW, signalling an exciting future for the Australian cotton industry.The new facilities include…
Jun 20, 2018
David Nation announced as new Dairy Australia MD
Dairy Australia is set to usher in a new era of leadership, with Dr David Nation today announced as its new Managing Director.Dr Nation was chosen from a global field of candidates for his extensive experience across the dairy sector,…
Jun 19, 2018
Rabobank - Milk price turnaround
The global farmgate milk price cycle has turned and set the tone for a more bullish market, with a Southern Australia full-year price of AUD 6.40/kgMS now within reach for 2018/19, according to Rabobank’s latest Dairy Quarterly report.The…
Jun 19, 2018
"It's Ewe Time" returns
One of the sheep industry’s most popular extension and adoption programs, It’s Ewe Time, returns in July and August, designed to increase producer awareness of the principles, practices and tools of sheep enterprise productivity and…
Jun 19, 2018
Landmark buys Lipps
Heavyweight Ag player Landmark has reportedly bought the Northern Victorian Fertiliser and Merchandise business arm of the Kerang base LippsLipps have depots or stores at Kerang, Swan Hill, Barham, Pyramid Hill, Wakool, Moulamein,…
Jun 18, 2018
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Volume 9
Hay still coming out of the woodwork.The once white-hot Hay market is now on about medium heat as demand retreats to some form of normality, but new parcels are still hitting the market as sellers who held onto their cards are entering…
Jun 18, 2018
Talks start on Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement
Negotiations for a prized Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement have been set in motion in Canberra today.Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud held talks about improving trade in food and fibre with EU Commissioner…
Jun 18, 2018
New Holland releases new SmartTrax™ offering
* New Track design with Agricultural Traction lug for extended life. * Increased Traction & Floatation with reduced soil compaction.New Holland has released the SmartTrax™ offering for model year 2018 via the T9 Series tractors…
Jun 18, 2018
Limited global supply and dry conditions to keep Wool prices high
The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) wool price is estimated to have increased by 22 per cent in 2017–18 to average 1,723 cents per kilogram. Recent rises in the EMI mostly ref lect strong demand for superfine wool (less than 19.5 microns)…
Jun 18, 2018
ABARES mid year report is predicting Farm production to reach $61 billion
The June edition of Agricultural commodities contains ABARES latest outlook for Australia's key agricultural commodities in 2018-19, which updates the outlook released in March 2018.Download the report here - http://data.daff.gov.au/data/warehouse/agcomd9abcc004/agcomd9abcc20180619_9saNT/AgCommodities201806_...Overview …
Jun 18, 2018
Growth Farms launches $100 million Australian Agricultural Lease Fund
AGRICULTURAL asset manager Growth Farms Australia has launched a new $100 million investment trust, the Australian Agricultural Lease Fund, which will buy agricultural land and lease it to primary producers.Growth Farms Australia’s…
Jun 18, 2018
Woolworths employing large scale IoT "from Farm to fork" project
Woolworths is quietly pursuing one of Australia’s largest-scale internet of things (IoT) projects, installing sensors throughout its supply chain to track fresh produce “from farm to fork”.The project, understood to be codenamed ‘Fresh…
Jun 18, 2018
Video - Troy Setter from CPC talks about the importance of Animal Welfare in their large Cattle business
Troy Setter, CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company, Australia's largest beef producer, talks about the importance of Farm Animal Welfare, and the use of Pain Relief product Tri-Solfen.Watch here - https://youtu.be/GAMeqDZplMcHe discusses…
Jun 18, 2018
All Sheep and Lambs dearer at Bendigo Market
Bendigo Sheep & Lamb 18/6/18Lamb numbers increased due to long weekend and quality was still mixed. The top end of the Crossbred lambs was very good but was followed by some fairly plain lambs. Overall, the market was $8-$10 dearer.…
Jun 18, 2018
Women and teenage boy arrested for "Speckle Park" Calf theft
A woman and teenage boy have been arrested after a month-long investigation into theft of livestock from northern country Victoria.Members from Eastern Region Crime Team, with assistance from regional detectives, executed warrants…
Jun 17, 2018
UK Ag industry looks to standardise principles on Farm data
A set of principles will be made to help promote and facilitate data sharing within the agricultural industry as significant barriers and concerns remain over its use.Creating a best practice guide to sharing farm data is the focus…
Jun 17, 2018
2019 John Deere Headers to feature new Track system, draper and mobile app
John Deere announces several updates to its grain harvesting solutions for 2019 that will significantly improve the performance, ride quality and small grain harvesting efficiency of its S-Series Combines. These additions include…
Jun 17, 2018
Beef Australia 2018 wrap up with record numbers- Bring on BA2021
2 years and 345 days may seem like a long way away, but not for Beef Australia CEO Denis Cox, who is already adding up all of his “1 percenters” from BA2018.“There is a misconception that we start planning the next expo only a couple…
Jun 17, 2018
MLA backing Food innovators
24 young entrepreneurs are standing as the new wave of food innovators in Australia and New Zealand after they graduated from the MLA Donor Company-supported Insights2Innovation Young Food Innovators program last week.The program…
