Aug 10, 2017
Digital Ag advertising done differently
Farm Tender "Prime" Offers is bringing Agricultural advertising into the digital age.Advertising in the Ag space has traditionally been confined to state based and local newspapers and magazines Under the new system, Ag Companies…
Aug 10, 2017
Farm Tender to attend AgQuip
Farm Tender will be on hand again at the AgQuip Field Days at Gunnedah NSW starting on Tuesday the 22nd to 24th of August. Farm Tender site is in the i/j 16 area. Ross and Mike will be in attendance and Dwain and Raleigh will be…
Aug 10, 2017
Case IH to roll out new improved Steiger at AgQuip
The latest move by Case IH to make the lives of Australian producers easier will be unveiled at this month’s AgQuip.The company has announced the world’s first articulated tractor with Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) will…
Aug 10, 2017
SA & WA hit by Dry July
The BOM has reported a dry July across large areas of Australia.Faring worst was SA and WA who recorded rainfall at 50 percent below the average. Queensland wasn't far behind with 42 percent below the average.Nationally rainfall was…
Aug 10, 2017
Primary Producers SA to join NFF
An announcement that Primary Producers South Australia (PPSA) is set to join the NFF is expected to ba announced today.PPSA has no connection with the NFF unlike other state based Farming bodies. NFF was unable to make any comment…
Aug 10, 2017
Survey says most Farmer expect no real change in income - Rabobank
While confidence in Australia’s agri sector increased this quarter, farmers were slightly less optimistic about expectations for their own gross farm incomes in the 2017/18 financial year.Overall, 31 per cent of surveyed farmers expected…
Aug 10, 2017
CBH Group welcomes Jimmy Wilson as new CEO
The CBH Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Jimmy Wilson as the new Chief Executive Officer of the CBH Group, succeeding Andrew Crane who will step down in late 2017 after more than eight years in the role.Mr Wilson comes…
Aug 09, 2017
Add some mental health days! by Nathan Scott
There is one topic that no one in society, but particularly agriculture, ever talks about enough. Often until things have progressed further than they needed too. That is mental health. I think part of the reason for this, is that…
Aug 09, 2017
Case Autonomous Tractor at AgQuip
An exciting drawcard at this years AgQuip Field Day will be the Case autonomous concept vehicle.The driverless Tractor will get plenty of lookers who will either like or loath the new technologyIt will be a great way to break the…
Aug 09, 2017
Ararat Farmers in rate win
FARMERS in Ararat have scored a majority victory in their battle over council rates, with Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins today knocking down the Council’s plan to slug farmers with a 45 per cent rate hike.A commission…
Aug 09, 2017
Iconic Marnoo Woolshed destroyed by fire
In sad news the 170-year-old shed Wallaloo Park woolshed was destroyed by after an electrical fault from the motor of a refrigerator sparked the blaze.District 16 Country Fire Authority operations manager Neville Collins said the…
Aug 09, 2017
Krone to launch Pellet Baler within 2 years
Hay contractor and Farmers are excited ahead of the launch of a new piece of technology for the feed, bedding and fuel markets. Krone has designed a pellet Baler that can pick up a windrow and turn into pallets. Pellets have a wide…
Aug 08, 2017
Ram to $17,000 at Sheepvention
Hamilton, Vic - Moorundie Park, SA, sold the top priced ram (pictured) at Sheepvention Merino Ram Sale for the second year running. Bidding finished at $17,000247 of the 270 offered rams sold to an average of $3270.Glendonald Stud…
Aug 08, 2017
Keeping pests at bay the hi-tech way
With pest animals estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $1 billion a year, CSIRO scientists have developed a humane new technology that could help save Australian farmers' crops and livelihoods.After successfully scaring…
Aug 08, 2017
Grain Bin collapses in Nebraska US
Between $4 million and $5 million worth of corn was left sitting on the ground in Edison after Ag Valley's biggest grain bin on that site collapsed.Nearly 1.1 million bushels of corn can be seen in a mountain of a pile, and easily…
Aug 07, 2017
Stubble to lessen frost risk for Chickpeas
Chickpea growers actively monitoring the progress of their crops this winter may be interested in new research showing cereal stubble load can affect the incidence and impact of frost events.Temperature is one of the most important…
Aug 07, 2017
Proposed new Goat Abattoir for Northern Vic
A proposed new goat and sheep abattoir for the Goulburn Valley could add to competition for livestock producers.Coomboona Boer goat breeder Geoff Mitchell said the introduction of a new player would be good for the industry and would…
Aug 07, 2017
50 million revamp for GrainCorp's Numurkah Site
A $50 million revamp of GrainCorp’s Numurkah processing plant will see an additional 22 semi-trailer loads of canola seed pass through the plant each day and processing power almost doubled when works are completed next year.Million…
Aug 06, 2017
Beef industry need to be more integrated
Jason Strong, CEO of AACo says changes need to happen in the beef industry if Australia wants to gain and keep markets overseas. “If we are going to produce high quality and get it to the right consumers - which we need to be doing…
Aug 06, 2017
No good sticking it to each other
AACo CEO Jason Strong says the "sticking it to each other" relationship between the Cattle producers and the processors needs to stop“We’ve just seen three years of unprecedented margins for processors followed by two years of unprecedented…
