Apr 26, 2018
Australian Fodder Industry Association (AFIA) Conference in July
AFIA is proud to present the 2018 National Fodder Conference taking place from 29th to 31st July at theAdelaide Convention Centre. We are currently working on our program under conference theme The Future ofFodder, with sessions focusing…
Apr 25, 2018
New booklet to help with Machinery purchases
The investment made by growers in machinery purchases is second only to that made in land, and optimising this investment can impact on farm profitability.A new booklet – initiated by the Grains Research and Development Corporation…
Apr 25, 2018
Namoi Cotton's $15.8 million profit
Namoi Cotton recorded a net profit after tax of $15.8m for the half year ended 31 August 2017, compared with a net profit after tax of $7.4m in the previous half year. A 38% increase in the 2017 Australian crop size was underpinned…
Apr 24, 2018
What to expect on NAB’s 2018 Agribusiness Japan Tour
By Khan HorneFrom June 14 to June 25, I’ll be leading NAB’s 2018 Agribusiness Japan Tour. If your business involves cattle farming, sheep farming or horticulture and you’re interested in the connections, insight and strategies being…
Apr 24, 2018
How George the Farmer was born
When Simone Kain was expecting twins, she wanted to keep her farming-mad, two-and-a-half-year-old son occupied, so she began looking for stories.Little did she know that six years later this would lead into a series of books featuring…
Apr 24, 2018
Devenish's tribute to Anzac Day
GrainCorp is pleased to share this special Anzac Day tribute from Devenish in east Victoria, where fifty residents volunteered for the First World War. Completed just in time for Anzac Day, the GrainCorp silos were painted by Melbourne-based…
Apr 24, 2018
Bouchier families $10 million purchase of Tarramia
The Bourchier family, which has extensive farming enterprises in the NSW southern Riverina, has bought the McPherson family's renowned Tarramia estate on Lake Mulwala for more than $10 million.The 1994-hectare grazing and cropping…
Apr 24, 2018
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Volume 5
Freight now an issue in the big Hay grab · It's getting increasingly harder to find Trucks to cart the mountains of Hay that has been booked · Stocks of new season shedded Vetch Hay is harder to find (we are looking for…
Apr 24, 2018
Video - Rural Bank, fruit and vegetable prices to sprout in 2018
Watch here - https://youtu.be/c8meKYJN0HM This year's Australian Horticulture Annual Review has been released and forecasts most fruit and vegetable prices across Australia are expected to rise in 2018.The Review finds that Australian…
Apr 23, 2018
John Deere S700 Headers recognised for engineering excellence
Inaugural Davidson award presented by ASABE & AEM at the 2018 Commodity ClassicThe John Deere S700 Series Combine was recognised by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and Association of Equipment…
Apr 23, 2018
AIA call for overhaul of Ag RD&E
Australia’s Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) model needs to be overhauled to ensure scientific capability for the future.This is according to the latest Policy Paper, The Agricultural Research and Development Model, from…
Apr 23, 2018
Difficult season to hold back Wool production
In summary: * The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 will reach 338 mkg greasy. This is a 0.6% decline from the levels in 2016/17 and is largely the result…
Apr 23, 2018
WAFarmers - State Government statements misleading on MV Maysora
WAFarmers President Tony York has expressed disappointment about statements made over the reported findings from State Government inspectors while on board the MV Maysora vessel in Fremantle.At the invitation of the ship’s operator…
Apr 23, 2018
Video - Energy use on Australian Farms - AFI
Executive Director Mick Keogh & Research Officer Anne Laurie discuss the Institute’s energy project and its relevance to current trends in agriculture and policy.Watch here - https://youtu.be/tOGcS1KuPUAhttp://www.farminstitute.org.au/
Apr 22, 2018
Video - Watch here the Farm Tender What's Hot report
See here the What's Hot report for last week https://youtu.be/dNQx987hlf0* Cereal Hay took over from Vetch Hay* 80% of the Hay is heading from South to North* Hay report out this Wednesday* Feed Grain price look like rising* Sowing…
Apr 22, 2018
Palgrove's Prue Bondfield appointed to the RIC Board
Highly regarded agri-businesswoman Ms Prue Bondfield has been appointed as a member of the Board of the Regional Investment Corporation. As General Manager and Director of Palgrove, a livestock business with properties in Queensland…
Apr 22, 2018
Droughmaster Australia to launch virtual reality muster at Beef 2018
Droughmaster Australia has become one of the first breed societies to create a virtual reality experience filmed in the perspective of a viewer and is set to showcase the product at Beef 2018 in May.The society teamed with Think Digital…
Apr 22, 2018
Paddock tips for mouse control now
Grain growers who have monitored mouse activity through summer and early autumn and applied baits early should now be considering baiting at seeding, or within 24 hours of seeding to reduce the impact of mice on winter crops.While…
Apr 22, 2018
After nine years as MD at Dairy Australia Halliday calls it a day
Dairy Australia has launched an international recruitment process after managing director Ian Halliday today announced he would not seek to renew his contract when it expires at the end of the year.After nearly nine years in the role,…
Apr 22, 2018
Saputo and Murray Goulburn – a big chance for Dairy reform
Canadian dairy processor Saputo Inc has a unique opportunity in Australia to play a pivotal role in reforming the national dairy industry following its pending takeover of the big processor Murray Goulburn Cooperative Limited.This…
