Nov 13, 2024
Hay Report - Do we have enough now?
For the fortnight up to the 13th of November 2024. By Dwain Duxson I went on a trip from Central Victoria up the Calder and Sturt Hwy to the Riverland of SA (Berri) and then back down to Pinnaroo to Ouyen and down the…
Nov 13, 2024
We might be the ghosts one day
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast We might be the ghosts one day - I had many replies to the story about ghost jobs. Take a read here. There…
Nov 13, 2024
Heavy Lambs the shining light at Ballarat
Yarding: 62,279 Lamb numbers jumped again this week to 43,589 penned. The quality was patchy with the heavy and extra heavy lambs presenting in excellent condition with limited numbers yarded. Quality dropped away over the trade weights…
Nov 12, 2024
Australian Grain exports suffer at the hand of drought…
By Peter McMeekinThe grain marketing season in Australia concluded at the end of September, and with last week’s release of that month’s export data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics came the twelfth and final chapter…
Nov 12, 2024
Two speed market at Bendigo
Yarding - 38,870 Lift in numbers to nearly 30,000 lambs or about 6000 more than a week ago. Quality was very mixed and there was a lot of young lambs which showed signs of dryness and having slipped in condition. The bulk of the young…
Nov 09, 2024
Ghost jobs
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Ghost jobs - As Farmers, our costs have risen over the years. Things like rates, insurance, taxes, electricity,…
Nov 09, 2024
For all the tea in China, no Kenya....
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast For all the tea in China Kenya... - I found this article (in dark below, take a read first) last night and…
Nov 08, 2024
Levelling out?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Levelling out? - I was thinking the other day about how we have made dramatic gains in the number of Lambs…
Nov 08, 2024
Price variatiions at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 68,258 Numbers were similar to the previous sale. Quality varied, although there was an increase in the number of pens presenting fresh and young lambs that had recently been shorn. The market dynamics were influenced by…
Nov 07, 2024
Megafert Megascam (Part 2)
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Megafert Megascam (Part 2) - This is part of a 2 part series that is somewhat similar to the S&W…
Nov 05, 2024
A few pre-Melbourne Cup jitters at Bendigo
Yarding - 31,180 Modest dip in numbers for Melbourne Cup week, down to 23,480 lambs and 7700 sheep. Lamb quality was plainer with less weight and a lot more dried skinned young lambs appearing. Prices generally weakened by $2 to $10/head,…
Nov 05, 2024
Megafert Megascam (Part 1)
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Megafert Megascam (Part 1) - This is the 1st part of a 2 part series that is somewhat similar to the S&W…
Nov 04, 2024
All about the life experience
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast All about the life experience - We wrote yesterday about how each and every Farmer has an opportunity…
Nov 04, 2024
Are we just Pawns in the process?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Are we just Pawns in the process? - I had a chat yesterday with a Farmer mate who said as Farmers, we…
Nov 01, 2024
Robust at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 69,990 It was a robust sale in a larger yarding, despite the absence of major supermarket participation. One of the most striking features of the offering was the dryness prevalent across all the young lamb classes. The…
Oct 31, 2024
The University of Real Life
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast The University of Real Life - I heard on this excellent Profitable Farmer podcast edition yesterday, it featured…
Oct 31, 2024
Go where the Farmers go…
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Go where the Farmers go… - It's interesting when we start talking about sales and selling,…
Oct 30, 2024
Good day out at Ballarat
Yarding: 38,111 Lamb numbers jumped again this week with 25,000 penned. Quality improved over the heavy and medium trade weights, light lambs were patchy with a range from plain to very good throughout the yarding. More buyers were…
Oct 30, 2024
Keeping the lights on
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Keeping the lights on - We wrote a story in The Farmers Club on Friday about how Broken Hill and other…
Oct 29, 2024
Issues emerging for Egypt’s Black Sea Wheat supply…
By Peter McMeekin After Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) reportedly inked one of its biggest-ever deals regarding the supply of wheat from Russia over a six-month period commencing in November this year,…
