Nov 08, 2020
Matilda Pickard awarded 2021 Te Mania Angus Scholarship to Marcus Oldham
By Te ManiaQUEENSLANDER Matilda Pickard has been awarded the 2021 Te Mania Angus Scholarship for first-year Bachelor of Business (Agriculture) studies at Geelong’s Marcus Oldham College.A $10,000 endowment, the Te Mania Angus Scholarship…
Nov 07, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Why an Independent Data Community Is So Important in Agribusiness
By Reinder Prins - AgworldWith most discussions on social media, television, and life in general right now seemingly focused on just a few topics, like Covid-19 and the upcoming election, I very much welcomed the opportunity to talk…
Nov 07, 2020
Ag tech Sunday - Top three ways Ag Tech is improving your Farm business
By - Katherine Davison - AgriDigitalYou’ve heard the buzz about agtech, but how do you ensure that you can get a return on the investment you make in onboarding agtech on your farm? As a simple definition for agtech is any technology…
Nov 07, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Sharing the “Why” Behind Your Digital Strategy
By Alexander Reichert - AgvendYou have made the decision to implement a digital strategy into your ag retail business. Embracing digital tools can significantly improve the experience for your customers and deliver efficiencies across…
Nov 07, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - How Matt Crozier introduced technology to a 200 year-old Sheep station
By Kirsten Diprose, AgThentic. See the original article and listen to the podcast here. Cavan Station might have well-known owners today (the Murdoch family) -but the large property in southern New South Wales, has long held a place…
Nov 07, 2020
Amazing Lambpro Ram Sale
Lambpro Ram Sale, NSW - 903/909 Primeline Maternal rams sold to $15,000 & av. $3918, 183/183 Poll Dorset rams sold to $2500 & av. $1376 & 121/127 Lambpro Tradie rams sold to $2750 & av. $1587. **List your Sheep,…
Nov 06, 2020
Benchmarking really does filter out a lot of distractions
By RabobankAmong the fields of shiny black cattle grazing Tasmania’s Flinders Island, Scott and Anna Anderson’s white faced Poll Herefords are a glaring anomaly.In recent years the picturesque, and highly productive island has become…
Nov 05, 2020
Lamb prices softer at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 41,000 (-5000).Lambs - 30,000 (-6000).Sheep - 11,000 (+1000).Lamb supplies declined due to harvest and hay making. The quality of the new season lambs was very good over trade categories however heavy lambs were not as plentiful.…
Nov 05, 2020
Reducing or eliminating Insecticides is a big psychological hurdle
By Sandra Godwin - GRDCKey PointsChanging mindset to consider the role of beneficial insects can drive improvements in integrated pest managementManaging green bridges and crop selection also plays a central role in integrated pest…
Nov 05, 2020
Wool prices up, down, up, and down today
Karee Wool market report for the South - Nov 5th SMI: 1153 -31 18: 1579 -54 19: 1374 -36 20: 1270 -36 21: 1208 -50 28: 623 -2 Mer Card: 774 -35 Pass in: 16.7% AUD : 0.72 **List your Sheep, Cattle, Rams, Bulls or other Livestock…
Nov 05, 2020
Facebook and stud cattle sales…..an experiment worth doing
By Kelsey Miller - DelayPayGo to the DelayPay blog here.Earlier in the month we partnered up with Raven Limousin and Limflex Cattle Stud for an experiment. Jason and Penny Schulz who run Raven reached out a few months ago and after…
Nov 04, 2020
East Bungaree has been sold in its entirety to Collinsville
By CollinsvilleSouth Australia is now home to the largest supplier of Merino and Poll Merino genetics in Australia.One of Australia’s oldest studs, East Bungaree, has been sold in its entirety to Collinsville Stud Merinos making the…
Nov 04, 2020
Weather events shifting Grain markets
By James Massina - AWBThe harvest to date has been punctuated by weather interruptions throughout the cropping belt of New South Wales and Southern Queensland. From all reports it hasn’t been a question of did you get rain, but more…
Nov 04, 2020
Are Machinery companies biting the hand that feeds them?
By John Gladigau - Executive Director at Bulla Burra Operations Pty LtdSee the original article here. I had an interesting discussion recently with a couple of farmers about why the cost of farm machinery and Ag tech was rising at…
Nov 04, 2020
Lambs slightly off, Sheep stronger at Ballarat
Yarding - 37,410 (+5462). Lambs - 25,288 (+4788). Sheep - 12,122 (+674) Agents yarded a larger number of 25,288 lambs to lift by 4,788 head. Quality varied mostly from average to very good with a few more plainer lambs in the…
Nov 04, 2020
Super strong Wool market today
Karee Wool market report for the South - Nov 4th SMI: 1184 +80 18: 1633 +130 19: 1410 +93 20: 1306 +107 21: 1258 +111 22: 1218 +20 28: 625 +27 Mer card: 809 +10 Pass in: 2.7% AUD : 0.71 **List your Sheep, Cattle, Rams,…
Nov 04, 2020
The Farm Tender Hay Report - Darkish Coloured Hay and Plenty of Regrowth
Darkish Coloured Hay and Plenty of Regrowth. For the fortnight up to the 4th of November 2020. I went for a drive up through the Mallee over the weekend and saw lots of darkish coloured Hay and plenty of regrowth. There was some Header…
Nov 03, 2020
Grain Report - Decision time in the races that stop two nations…
By Peter McMeekinTwo global races will dominate the news wires here in Australia this week. The first is the Melbourne Cup which will have been run and won by the time most people read this report. Considering the calibre of the international…
Nov 02, 2020
Lambs and Sheep easier at Bendigo
Yarding - 27,500 (-2500). Lambs - 17,500 (-1500) Sheep - 10,000 (-1000). Slightly less lambs with 17,500 yarded. Some very good fresh young lambs are starting to come in from southern supply areas like Kilmore, while most stock…
Oct 30, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - AI and agriculture: A match made in heaven
As an industry where so many variables can affect outcomes and the work is incredibly labour-intensive, agriculture couldn’t be a more perfect sector for artificial intelligence adoption.Artificial intelligence, or AI, holds a lot…
