Jun 25, 2021
Ag Tech News - Automation leads to Dairy flexibility
By Lely Watch the video here. 11 years ago this farming family started off with one cow called ‘Hope’. With no family farm to begin their farming journey, the couple made the move to South West Victoria…
Jun 25, 2021
Ag Tech News - Regaining control of glyphosate resistant using automation
By Cindy Benjmin - Weedsmart See the original article here. A SwarmFarm robot, ‘Oscar’, has added another dimension to Elton and Pam Petersen’s integrated weed management program, which features the majority of the…
Jun 25, 2021
Trade Lambs dearer at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 40,700 (-6050)Lambs - 35,000 (-5950)Sheep - 5700 (-100) Wet weather impacted on supplies with numbers declining. Quality across trade categories was excellent and the bulk of the offering weighed above 26kg cwt. Lambs above…
Jun 23, 2021
Slight drop for Wool market
he Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 23rd of June. SMI: 1407 -518: 2198 uc19: 1819 -1020: 1488 -521: 1379 -422: 1332 +828: 521 ucMer Card: 951 -8Pass in: 7.1% AUD: 0.77 **List your commercial…
Jun 23, 2021
Ag Tech News - Big Ag news as CNH buy Raven
CNH Industrial today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital stock of Raven Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAVN), a US-based leader in precision agriculture technology for US$58 per share, representing…
Jun 23, 2021
Lamb market up $5 to $10 at Ballarat
Yarding - 26,397 (-6261)Lambs - 21,296 (-4752)Sheep - 5101 (-1509) Agents penned 21,296 lambs with the quality ranging from plain to excellent. All finished heavy lambs off supplementary feed were presented in exceptional condition,…
Jun 22, 2021
More positive territory for the Wool market
The Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 17th of June. SMI: 1412 +2318: 2198 +1419: 1829 +3020: 1493 +421: 1383 +922: 1324 +2128: 521 +23Mer card: 959 +13Pass in: 3.5% AUD: 0.75 **List your commercial…
Jun 22, 2021
Broadacre farmers delight, but where will we store all this grain?
By Angus Groves - AWB As Phillip Lowe, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor said last week, the performance of the Australian agriculture sector throughout the Covid pandemic has helped underpin the nation’s economic…
Jun 22, 2021
Russian wheat crop in for a scare this week…
By Peter McMeekin The Russian word “sukhovey” caught the attention of global grain markets last week, with the possibility of it striking Black Sea crops in the coming weeks popping up in numerous market and weather…
Jun 22, 2021
Sheep market was significantly dearer at Bendigo
Yarding - 19,000 (+ 0)Lambs - 14,000 (-1000)Sheep - 5000 (+1000) Around 14,000 lambs were penned after the public holiday which cancelled last weeks sale. Not as much weight or finish was evident in the lamb run in a true winter market…
Jun 20, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Buying digital Agtech - is your steak included?
By Ryan Humpert - Sale Executive at Agworld As the US is slowly getting back to ‘normal’, whatever that even means still, it’s becoming more and more obvious that some things in our lives, and especially how…
Jun 20, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Gallagher acquires virtual fencing company Agersens
By Ian Reilly - Agersens Agersens shareholders accepted an offer from Gallagher Group to acquire the remaining Agersens shares, finalising the transaction before June 30. I launched the agtech startup Agersens in June…
Jun 20, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Farmer protests in India and what does they mean for innovation in Agriculture?
By Agthentic Listen to the podcast here. Agriculture in India has been thrust onto the international stage as the world watched and celebrities tweeted about the tens of thousands of farmers camped out in Delhi over the…
Jun 20, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Raven Provides OMNiPOWER™ Platform For World’s First OMNi Farm Enterprise
Raven Industries, Inc. the leader in autonomous agriculture technology, announced today the purchase of a second OMNiPOWER™ platform by Haggerty AgRobotics. Raven’s driverless ag and precision technology…
Jun 18, 2021
Big yarding increase at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 46,750 (+20,860)Lambs - 40,950 (+18,950)Sheep - 5800 (+1900) Numbers doubled on the back of last weeks much dearer trends. Quality across trade categories was fair to excellent. Lambs weighing 26 to 30kg sold to erratic…
Jun 17, 2021
Wow wee Wool market. What a week
The Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 17th of June. SMI:1389 +2418: 2184 +3819: 1799 +2720: 1489 +5521: 1374 +5922: 1303 +2128: 498 +5Mer card: 946 uc AUD:77.3 **List your commercial Sheep, Cattle,…
Jun 17, 2021
FT Livestock Exchange news with Jack Henshaw
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au They are talking up the Beef and Cattle game as a boomtime industry for some time to come. Mecardo…
Jun 17, 2021
Not like that anymore
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au We have talked about "one Farmer's gain is another Farmer's pain" a lot in this newsletter…
Jun 17, 2021
What's Hot
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au Firstly a bit of housekeeping. We have upgraded our search capabilities for the Hay and Fodder…
Jun 17, 2021
Crop Forecast looks strong, but will prices hold?
By Nick Robertson - AWB So much of 2021 is yet to unfold, including the all-important spring, however recent rains have the New South Wales crop starting to resemble that of 2020. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for some…
