Jul 03, 2024
Pubs Alive
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Pubs Alive - Paula and I headed to Wagga Wagga on Sunday for the Pasture Agronomy Service (PAC) conference hosted by its charismatic…
Jul 02, 2024
Markets react to bearish USDA reports…
By Peter McMeekin Chicago Board of Trade corn futures continued a fortnight-long bloodbath in last Friday’s trade, collapsing in response to the quite bearish planted area and June stock numbers released by the United States…
Jul 02, 2024
A much dearer Sheep market at Bendigo
Yarding - 11,7300 Winter hit at Bendigo this week with lamb numbers back to just 6830 head and the yarding showing a noticeable drop in quality and condition. Results varied alongside quality but the sale did gain a lot of…
Jun 30, 2024
The old ticker
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The old ticker - We put this one through The Farmers Club newsletter earlier this week, and we just thought it would…
Jun 29, 2024
The Livestock Superfood
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Jun 28, 2024
Price improvement at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 65,900 This week saw a very mixed quality yarding with quite a tail to the lighter end. Buyers once agin focused on neat shorn lambs across all categories, with these lambs fetching premium prices. Domestic buyers…
Jun 26, 2024
Hay Report - Thinking positively
For the fortnight up to the 26th of June 2024. By Dwain Duxson Hay's ongoing demand continued through the fortnight just gone with supply levels starting to become a concern. Paul said this below: "Some buyers are…
Jun 26, 2024
The Messy Middle and My Bad Broden
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The article titled "The Messy Middle" was one I wrote after listening to a podcast featuring young Cropper Broden Holland. As…
Jun 26, 2024
Not cutting it anymore
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Not cutting it anymore - I heard a quote the other day from Yeoval, NSW Farmer Nigel Kerin, where he said Farm costs now are…
Jun 26, 2024
A bit up and down at Ballarat
Yarding: 28,580 Lamb numbers remained similar with 19,210 penned, there were excellent runs of trade weight, heavy trade and extra heavy export lambs. Not all the usual buyers were present, but again there was extra store competition…
Jun 25, 2024
Grain production rebounds in Bulgaria and Romania…
By Peter McMeekin As this season’s southern European winter crop harvest ramps up, production in the Black Sea Balkan states of Bulgaria and Romania is expected to increase in 2024, largely due to favourable growing season weather.…
Jun 25, 2024
Upward price trend at Bendigo
Yarding - 12,680 Lamb numbers came back to 9510 head and sheep just 3170 as the yarding went very wintery with a lot of smaller clean-up lots. It meant buyers had to chase harder for the limited runs of lambs and sheep with…
Jun 24, 2024
Investing in yourself
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Jun 23, 2024
We used to have friendly bank managers once
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Jun 21, 2024
Softer results at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 55,500 Similar supply of 39,000 lambs but quality continues to slide with less top-end trade and heavy lambs available. It influenced market results with the best processing lambs under 28kg cwt dearer at times, but…
Jun 20, 2024
Farm Inputs Report - Who's interested in regular Chemical pricing updates?
For all your Farm Inputs call Ellen on 0418 137 224. If you are a Farm Input Supplier, Manufacturer or Wholesaler and you are looking for other sales avenues, give us a call. We have over 72,000 members. By Ellen Garland. Who's…
Jun 20, 2024
The Need for Feed
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Jun 20, 2024
Lease re-think
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Lease re-think - We did a story on leasing out your Land the other day titled “The Trifecta of Goodness”(terrible…
Jun 19, 2024
Mutton cheaper at Ballarat
Yarding: 34,378 Lamb numbers dropped to 19,930 yarded, quality slipped in the lighter weights and into the medium trade weights, while the quality improved over the heavy and extra heavy lambs. Not all the usual buyers were present…
Jun 19, 2024
The trifecta of Goodness
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The trifecta of Goodness - I know a few people who have recently leased their Farm out for pretty good coin, and it got…
