May 25, 2021
The pace of China’s new Crop Corn purchases unprecedented…
By Peter McMeekin Corn is clearly on top of China’s agricultural commodity shopping list at the moment, with the pace of new crop purchases out of the United States running at unprecedented levels for this time of the…
May 25, 2021
Lamb prices spike $10 to $20 at Bendigo
Yarding - 17,000 (-4200)Lambs - 12,500 (-3200)Sheep - 4500 (-1000) Lamb numbers eased and quality also dropped away with less weight and finish evident across the yarding compared to recent weeks. Bidding competition between buyers…
May 23, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Jana Hocken brings Toyota’s famous operating model to Agriculture
By Agthentic Group. Listen to the podcast here. What can car manufacturing teach us about improving efficiencies in agricultural production? As it turns out, quite a lot. While many would argue that farming…
May 21, 2021
Strong price trends for Lambs at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 39,500 (-5500)Lambs - 32,000 (-4000)Sheep - 7500 (-1500) Numbers fell back moderately and quality was very good to mixed over trade weight classes. Extra heavy lambs, 26 to 30kg made up a large percentage of the offering.…
May 20, 2021
Finer Wools gain a bit
The Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 12th of May. SMI: 1265 +318: 1926 +2019: 1620 +420: 1355 +1121: 1264 uc22: 1246 -228: 456 ucMer card: 880 -3Pass in: 11.2% AUD: 0.78 **List your commercial…
May 19, 2021
What's Hot for the 7 days ending on the 19th of May 2021
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au By Dwain Duxson The dry Autumn in the South is creating demand for Hay. Check out our latest Hay…
May 19, 2021
Meet Jack Henshaw - Your new Inhouse Livestock Agent
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au Jack Henshaw here. I'm the newly appointed Inhouse Livestock Agent for the Farm Tender Livestock…
May 19, 2021
Face to face to face
Extracted from the Farm Tender weekly Newsletter - Sign up and get the email every Wednesday morning before 6 am. www.farmtender.com.au By Dwain Duxson We had our first Farm Tender staff catch-up in 18 months on the weekend just gone.…
May 19, 2021
Lamb prices mixed and a stronger Sheep market at Ballarat
Yarding - 35,788 (-4112)Lambs - 26,885 (-4515)Sheep - 8903 (+403) A plainer yarding of trade and light weight lambs, with heavy trade and export lambs presenting in excellent condition mostly coming off supplementary feed. Most of…
May 19, 2021
Uncertain outlook expected to provide Grain selling opportunities
By Nick Robertson - AWB As we near the end of May, large parts of the Australian cropping area are enjoying favourable conditions. Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales have been the recipients of some very good…
May 18, 2021
Flat old Wool market
The Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 18th of May. SMI: 1262 +118: 1906 +1019: 1616 +2420: 1344 -221: 1264 -222: 1248 +128: 456 -15Mer card: 883 -6 AUD:78.0 **List your commercial Sheep, Cattle, Rams…
May 18, 2021
Farm Tender Hay Report - Dry Autumn lifting demand in the South
Dry Autumn lifting demand in the South For the fortnight up to the 18th of May, 2021. We had our Farm Tender staff gathering in Mudgee, NSW, over the weekend. Some of us drove from Central Victoria to Mudgee and back,…
May 18, 2021
China taking the mushroom approach with Agricultural data…
By Peter McMeekin Mystery surrounds the sudden suspension of operations of one of China’s primary agricultural data providers, leaving domestic and global merchants, analysts, and brokers in the dark about all things agriculture…
May 18, 2021
Buyers selective at Bendigo
Yarding - 21,200 (+5400)Lambs - 15,700 (+2700)Sheep - 5500 (+2700) Modest increase in lamb numbers to 15,700 head, dominated by crossbred stock with Merino numbers declining on recent sales. Still, some very good quality in the lead…
May 16, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - 6 Steps to plan for successful digital adoption
By AgVend Plan and prepare for digital change to ensure successful adoption. When it comes to changing how we do things, most of us would say, “No thanks!” After all, change is rarely easy. But when it comes…
May 16, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Raven Industries Launches the OMNi Brand
Raven Industries, Inc. a leader in agriculture technology, announced today the launch of its new product brand and autonomous growth platform, OMNi. This new product brand highlights Raven’s advancements in autonomous…
May 16, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Innovative Cattle selling system
By Farmgate Auctions. Leading online auction platform FarmGate Auctions has integrated an autonomous in-paddock weighing and data collection system to give the entire supply chain access to real time data on livestock. This first…
May 16, 2021
Ag Tech Sunday - Online Ag marketplaces
By Dmytro Lennyi Editor’s note: Dmytro Lennyi is agritech practice leader at Intellias, a software engineering and consulting firm based in Lviv, Ukraine. This guest article reflects the views of the author and not…
May 14, 2021
Major domestic processors were cautious at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 45,000 (-9500)Lambs - 36,000 (+6000)Sheep - 9000 (+3500) Lamb numbers increased on the back of last week dearer trends. Quality was mixed with lambs to suit all buying categories. Trade weight lambs 21 to 24kg were in limited…
May 13, 2021
Flat old Wool market
The Farm Tender Livestock Exchange Wool market report for the South - 12th of May. SMI:1261 +118: 1896 +119: 1592 -620: 1346 -321: 1266 -122: 1247 +1528: 471 -4Mer card: 889 -9 AUD:77.3 **List your commercial Sheep, Cattle,…
