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…
May 21, 2018
Tassie researchers partly solve a big meaty problem
Australia has an international reputation for quality red meat products and Tasmanian food safety research is a contributing factor.Food safety researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) have developed a method to…
May 20, 2018
Video - See this weeks "What's Hot" Video
Keep up with what happened last week on Farm TenderWatch here - https://youtu.be/sQ2379EEdDs
May 20, 2018
GRDC Scholorship recipient to focus on Canola
A Grain Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Grains Research Scholarship has been awarded to The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Soodeh Tirnaz, for her work in the area of protecting canola yields from blackleg disease.The…
May 20, 2018
Strong yields boost Riverina Rice Harvest
Leading global branded food company SunRice reports that the forecast 2018 Riverina rice harvest of 600,000 tonnes will be exceeded by around 25,000 tonnes, due to strong yields having been experienced across rice-growing regions…
May 20, 2018
The need to urgently build climate resilience amongst the farming sector
In the face of climate change and dry weather ahead, the NSW Government needs to strengthen its resolve to deliver dairy farmers an aggressive long-term strategy to underpin the sustainability of the industry and farm businesses.…
