May 24, 2018
New Zealand first online Wool auction a raging success
The inaugural Natural Fibre Exchange (NFX) trading event today attracted strong participation with 96% of the wool on offer sold.The NFX, launched earlier this month, is an innovative independent online trading platform for natural…
May 24, 2018
Isuzu planning an Electric Truck
Isuzu Australia Limited (IAL) has some exciting news for the Australian road transport industry: the company has commenced an electric vehicle (EV) concept program.IAL is proud to preview two locally developed EV concept vehicles…
May 24, 2018
Identifying Long-term Commodity Cycles
By Dan Manternach - USBecause there are so many variables in supply and demand for ag commodities globally, it’s no easy task for the laws of economics to precisely balance supply and demand from year to year. Instead, mankind relies…
May 23, 2018
Tackling Future Ag Skills Needs Head-On
While Australian agriculture faces an exciting period of growth, an ageing workforce and skills shortages need to be addressed. Growing international demand for Australian food, changing food trends and an ageing agricultural workforce…
May 23, 2018
Welfare concerns divide perception from reality
By Mick KeoghThe divide between urban and rural attitudes on certain subjects has never been more evident than in the current community discussion about the management of kangaroos in rural Australia. The issue has been brought to…
May 23, 2018
All you need to know about the famous Menindee Lakes
Menindee Lakes is a chain of seven natural shallow lakes (four of them large) connected to the Darling River. They are near the town of Menindee and 110 km south-east of Broken Hill, New South Wales (NSW).Historically, due to the…
May 23, 2018
BCG Farm in focus: Andrew Slater, Corack, Vic
Andrew Slater farms with his wife Julie at Corack East, with support from his parents John and Monica Slater, where he lives with Julie and three boys Daniel, Noah and Luke. He has just started dry sowing ahead of the expected break.Farm…
May 23, 2018
New Komatsu Loader to cut operating costs
Latest Komatsu Dash 8 wheel loaders cut operating costs through better fuel efficiency, higher productivityKomatsu Australia has released two new Dash 8 wheel loaders – the WA270-8 and WA320-8 – both powered with Tier 4-compliant…
May 23, 2018
Latest research says to cut Lucerne every 6 weeks
Agriculture Victoria researchers at Rutherglen and Hamilton have been putting lucerne to the test, and upgrading the guidelines for grazing lucerne in extensive dryland farming systems.Project Leader, Meredith Mitchell said the research…
May 23, 2018
BCG tackling the "high hanging fruit issues"
The complex problems faced by agriculture and rural communities will be tackled in a three-day event at BCG in June this year. Harnessing technology opportunities, declining rural social capital, maintaining rural ecosystems and…
May 23, 2018
AACo's reports loss - New Beef Abattoir to be mothballed
The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) has today announced its 2018 full year results.As flagged in the Company’s Trading Update on 4 April 2018, the results include Operating EBITDA of $13.6 million and Statutory EBITDA loss…
May 22, 2018
Inspiring - 16 year old's passion for Ag
"I'm not your ordinary 16-year-old girl. Instead, I'm a dairy advocate. My name is Mon and for me, Australian agriculture is my passion.I chose to enter the dairy industry in 2016 because I was looking to gain some experience in the…
May 22, 2018
Navigating a way around resistance
Agronomist Craig Davis has been assisting growers in the Mid North and Yorke Peninsula of South Australia to navigate their way around resistance to key herbicides such as trifluralin, Group A and Group B herbicides for 10 years or…
May 22, 2018
AACo lures AuctionsPlus Anna Speer and Nigel Simonsz
The Australian Agricultural Company Limited (ASX:AAC), Australia’s largest producer of premium branded beef, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Simonsz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Anna Speer as Chief Operating…
May 22, 2018
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Volume 7
Buyers frustrated at dwindling stock levelsThis Hay game has changed so much. At the starting point of this "frenzy," back at the end of January, we had one customer for ten parcels of Hay, today it would be ten customers for the…
May 21, 2018
Taiwan could emerge as a significant market for Australian wheat
Taiwan could emerge as a significant market for Australian wheat, as awareness of the quality of Aussie grain grows among local flour millers.Currently, Taiwan averages about 230,000 tonnes in Australian wheat imports each year, worth…
May 21, 2018
Casino Beef Week kicks into gear
The Northern Rivers area of New South Wales is primed and ready for one of the biggest events on the calendar, Casino Beef Week, supported by $1 million in Coalition Government funding.Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources…
May 21, 2018
Sheep sharply dearer at Bendigo
Bendigo Sheep & Lamb 21/5/18Lamb increased to 16000 as Elders yarded 12000 and a great quality run of lambs, heavy lambs $4-$6 dearer trade lambs $5-$7 dearer, merino lambs firm to $5 dearer. Lambs* Heavy lambs-$165-$220 $6.00-$6.10c/kg…
May 21, 2018
Wondering where your grain goes?
See the graphs in images. Australia’s top 6 markets are: (1) China (A$1.4B); (2) Indonesia (A$1.2B); (3) India (A$760M); (4) Vietnam (A$506M); (5) Japan (A$494M); (6) SouthKorea (A$385M). http://www.graingrowers.com.au/
May 21, 2018
Sussan Ley introduces Bill to ban some Live Exports - Read what she said here
This Bill amends the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Industry Act 1997 to insert a new Section 16A which states that…A livestock export licence is subject to a condition:-that livestock that are sheep and lambs must not be exported…
