Nov 12, 2017
Cotton to surpass Rice in Southern NSW
Cotton continues to be the summer crop of choice in Southern NSW, as forecasts suggest that cotton will surpass rice as the largest irrigated crop in the area this season.CSD Extension and Development Agronomist for Southern NSW,…
Nov 10, 2017
Wool Market kicks again
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolThe wool market continued its impressive run for the fourth consecutive week, as values breached levels not seen for quite some time.The Eastern Market Indicator increased by 58 cents clean for the week…
Nov 10, 2017
WASDE & Indian Barriers
The US Department of Agriculture released their World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates overnight. Here we take a look at the impact on wheat, and report on new import barriers being erected in India.The WASDE report shows…
Nov 08, 2017
The Farming Investment Dilemma
It is always a delicate balance between making investment choices, then how to fund the investment.For farmers, there are 6 major motivators for funding requirements: 1) Property acquisition 2) Livestock acquisition 3) Infrastructure…
Nov 08, 2017
Creative agronomists join the stampede and head to Calgary!
Accompanying the recent launch of the new post-emergent cereal selective herbicide, TALINOR®, a number of agronomists will be heading off to Calgary, Canada next year after they shot some very creative videos on why TALINOR is their…
Nov 08, 2017
Ask. Are they are Australian Pork Ribs?
Pork ribs are a unique dining experience that requires getting down and dirty, but are you getting rib-bed off?While all fresh pork is Australian, consumers are now being sold ultra-heat treated ribs from the other side of the world,…
Nov 08, 2017
Barossa winemakers find strength in numbers
A few years into the new millennium, six young wine producers in the Barossa Valley, passionate about creating distinctive small batch wines, banded together at trade and wine-tasting events with a common goal to build their own businesses…
Nov 05, 2017
The big drop – Rabobank winter crop forecast
Sustained dry weather conditions have significantly cut Australian winter crop production, with the upcoming grain harvest now expected to come in 41 per cent below 2016/17, and well below the five-year average, according to Rabobank’s…
Nov 05, 2017
GRDC invests in grains lab at Condobolin
A major grain research infrastructure project at Condobolin in New South Wales will allow for irrigated and rain-fed research into grains agronomy, physiology and pre-breeding to be conducted in the state’s Central West.The establishment…
Nov 03, 2017
Worried about Russia's march on grain markets? It could be worse
Moscow - Russian grain is flowing around the world in a way not seen since the last years of the Tsarist empire a century ago but the country’s export expansion looks set to hit a wall because of a lack of infrastructure.While Russia…
Nov 03, 2017
Lambpro sell 973 Rams for $1.7m
Reports in that Tom Bull's Lambpro operation, Holbrook, NSW sold 973 rams of the 974 catalogued over two days. The average for the sale was $1780 and the sale grossed $1,731,940http://lambpro.com.au/https://twitter.com/LambproHolbrookhttps://www.facebook.com/LambproHolbrook/
Nov 03, 2017
Hillden Poll Dorset's to $5250 twice
Hillden Poll Dorset Stud, Bannister, NSW held their on-property Ram Sale on FridayThey entered 10 stud Rams and sold all 10 to a top of $5250 twice. The average for the studs was $2875It was a total clearance of the 138 flock Rams…
Nov 03, 2017
EMI up 45c/kg clean for the week - Wool Report
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolOn the back of a steady Australian dollar trading at mid-76 US cents and a larger offering of just over 47,000 bales, the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) surged an impressive 45 cents clean for the week…
Nov 02, 2017
Aussie Grain Producers tour the Mid West
Australian farmers are some of the best in the world at broadening their horizons in the pursuit of continued improvement. It was this willingness to learn and explore new ways of operating that brought 41 leading primary producers…
Nov 02, 2017
Failed Crop Hay varies in quality
Farmers who made hay from this season’s failed crops are finding variations in feed quality, as tests reveal the value of their fodder, according to NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI).NSW DPI Feed Quality Service (FQS) analytical…
Nov 02, 2017
Global Oversupply of Grains Puts a Squeeze on Giant Processors
USAFarmers have spent the past few years cutting their spending to cope with a global glut of crops. Now it’s commodity traders’ turn.Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM, among the companies that dominate world-wide grain trading and processing,…
Nov 02, 2017
What would the consumer want us to do? By Nathan Scott
How often in your farming day, do you stop and think “what would the consumer want me to do here?” In business, the most important person is the customer, and farming is no different. At the end of the day consumers always have a…
Nov 02, 2017
The science behind the Ridgeback roof technology
With advancements at the core of its design, Entegra has created a new barn that has surpassed all desires. Designed with science in mind, the game-changing Ridgeback™ offers more than your traditional barn.The barn contains a concave…
Nov 01, 2017
Mixed/Grain Farmers and NSW/Qld dominate as FMD's reach $6 billion
For the first time since their introduction in 1999, Farm Management Deposits have topped $6 billion. Khan Horne, General Manager of NAB Agribusiness, explains which sectors and states have fuelled this incredible growth, and what…
Nov 01, 2017
Technology plays a huge part - Warracknabeal Farmer Matt Lang
Farming 8km east of Warracknabeal on the family farm ‘Warrandah’, Matt Lang with the assistance of wife Jess, father Peter and staff member Trev, manage a mixed farming enterprise. The sheep add to the rotation of wheat, barley, canola,…
