Jan 06, 2021
Panama Canal remains an essential conduit for global Grain trade...
Written by Peter McMeekin for Grain Brokers Australia The Panama Canal is considered one of the most difficult engineers projects ever undertaken and makes the list of the seven modern wonders of the world. It cuts across the narrow…
Jan 06, 2021
Lambs $10-$20 dearer at Ballarat
Yarding - 32,700 (-36,146). Lambs - 26,600 (-30,246). Sheep - 6100 (-5900) Lamb numbers eased with 26,600, yarded for the first sale of 2021. Quality ranged from plain to very good, with several pens of excellent heavy shorn…
Jan 05, 2021
Positive news on Fert - Rabobank
By RabobankAffordable fertiliser prices helped support Australian agricultural producers’ profits through the 2020/21 winter cropping season. And a plentiful global fertiliser supply – along with stable currency outlook – spells further…
Jan 05, 2021
Argentina causing grain market turmoil…
By Peter McMeekinThe crippling strike by Argentina’s port-side oilseed workers was finally resolved midway through last week allowing production at the country’s soybean crush facilities to return to normal and a resumption of port…
Jan 04, 2021
Customer centricity as a business model
By Shannon Beckermann - BushelThere are a couple different strategies that businesses need to balance when they’re setting a budget for their internal departments. Sometimes company leaders might invest more on the production side…
Jan 04, 2021
Prices up in a light yarding at Bendigo
Yarding - 9200 (-19,300). Lambs - 7450 (-11,050) Sheep - 1750 (-8250). Agents yarded 7,450 lambs and 1,750 sheep at Bendigo for the first sale of the new year. The offering of lambs ranged from plain to excellent with the shorn…
Dec 21, 2020
WA Harvest better than average
By CBHPlease note: This will be the final Harvest Report for the 2020-21 harvest. Further harvest information will be available upon request.* Tonnes stated are accurate as of Friday morning, 18 December.CBH Operations UpdateWestern…
Dec 21, 2020
Grain Report - Condition of European and US winter crops poles apart...
By Peter McMeekinAs Christmas approaches and the brumal cold descends upon the northern hemisphere, the winter crop planting campaign across the European Union and the United States has concluded. The juvenile plants are bracing themselves…
Dec 19, 2020
Ag tech Sunday - Breaking into Ag Tech when you’re not from a farm and “don’t look the part”
By Kirsten Diprose, AgThentic GroupCheck out the link to the podcast here.Rayali Banerjee was the only one in her agricultural sciences degree who didn’t come from a farm.“So it was pretty challenging,” she said. “I remember having…
Dec 19, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The farm goes VR: John Deere's pitch that puts you in the Tractor's seat
John Deere is sending VR headsets with virtual tractor demos for CES 2021, as the tech industry tries to figure out how to make virtual product demos feel real.As soon as I hit play, the shed doors bearing the words "John Deere" open…
Dec 19, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Supporting regional Aussies to solve phone and internet problems
By NFFFrom today, regional Australians can access free, independent advice on the best internet and mobile phone connection for their work, study and lifestyle needs.The Regional Tech Hub, which builds on the valuable services delivered…
Dec 19, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Animal Tags, Satellites and the Path of an Aussie Ag Tech Going Global
CEO of Agritech startup CERES Tag, David Smith, talks to CRIISP Media about his journey.David talks about getting into the agricultural sector and taking his agritech international. CERES Tag is utilising Low Earth Orbit Satellites…
Dec 19, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The Evolution of E-Commerce in Agriculture
By David LazarenkoI In business, as in life, there are very few truly revolutionary events that forever change what was or what will be. With its history of disrupting nearly every industry it has penetrated, e-commerce continues…
Dec 17, 2020
The John Deere X9 Header is wowing customers
By John DeereThree weeks. That's how long Caley Farms in the United Kingdom has to harvest its winter wheat. To make it doable they needed a more productive combine.This year the farm put John Deere's new X9 combine and its increased…
Dec 17, 2020
Lamb price rises at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 31,100 (-2900). Lambs - 22,500 (+500). Sheep - 8600 (-3400). Smaller domestic processors were the market drivers, over all classes of trade lambs. Niche well shaped 21 to 24kg shorn lambs igniting the bidding as buyers…
Dec 16, 2020
Wool up then down today
Karee Wool market report for the South - Dec 16thSMI: 1119 -1618: 1570 -2319: 1392 -3020: 1248 -1521: 1181 -1322: 1154 -2228: 469 -19Mer card: 778 +6Pass in: 23.2%AUD: 0.76
Dec 15, 2020
These RFM Coil Gauge Wheels Can Help You Get Your Crop In On Time
By RFM No-Till This season many farmers with disc machines were frustrated, as the high rainfall stopped them while their neighbours, with tyne machines, continued operating in the paddock. RFM NT’s latest coil gauge wheel allowed…
Dec 15, 2020
Lamb prices increase across all categories in big yarding at Ballarat
Yarding - 68,846 (+2291). Lambs - 56,846 (+6846). Sheep - 12,000 (-4555) Lamb supply increased 56,800 to have the yards at full capacity for the last sale this year, the quality was very mixed with a large portion of the yarding…
Dec 15, 2020
Putting Your Best Grain Foot Forward
By Tyson Hosie - AWBAs headers in Central and Southern New South Wales and Victoria continue their efforts to complete harvest ahead of Christmas, growers in the north have largely wrapped up both their harvest and marketing programs…
Dec 15, 2020
Wool in the rise
Karee Wool market report for the South - Dec 15th SMI: 1135 -26 18: 1593 -45 19: 1422 -32 20: 1263 -27 21: 1194 -41 22: 1176 +12 28: 488 -15 Mer card: 772 +9 Pass in: 13.4% AUD: 0.75 **List your Sheep, Cattle, Rams, Bulls or…
