May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Queensland Pastoralists go digital with E-Beef
By Future BeefA newly formed Producer Group in North Queensland has met up online for the first time, and were joined by top quality speakers from all around Australia. The online meeting was a first for all of the properties involved,…
May 01, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The short and mid term impact of COVID-19 on Ag Tech
By Jeff Caldwell - Lessing-FlynnCOVID-19 has taken tens of thousands of lives around the world and forced fundamental changes to societal conventions and institutions. One of the economic outcomes of the pandemic is an acceleration…
May 01, 2020
Weekly Agribusiness New Recap
By Georgia Devenish - Agricultural Research Analyst at JLLAustralian Dairy Nutritionals Groups - an ASX-listed, vertically integrated dairy business - has announced possible extensions to the Camperdown Dairy project on the eve of…
Apr 30, 2020
Ricegrowers association say the Keelty's report misses the mark
By Ricegrowers Association of AustraliaThe Interim-Inspector General (IIG) Mick Keelty’s report on watering sharing fell short of what the former Water Minister David Littleproud commissioned. ‘The Inquiry into the Management of Murray–Darling…
Apr 30, 2020
Flood tainted Mitchell grass slow to get going in north-west Queensland
By Lindsey PerryWebsite - FutureBeefA vast area of north-west Queensland, including the northern Mitchell Grass Downs, extending into the Gulf, was damaged after a monsoon trough flooded the area in February 2019.General consensus…
Apr 30, 2020
Zoetis and Angus Australia partnership for genomic
By Angus AustraliaZoetis Animal Genetics and Angus Australia have entered into a partnership that will assist Australian Angus seedstock and commercial breeders extract additional benefit from genomic, or DNA-based technology.Through…
Apr 29, 2020
Breakthrough to legalise the commercial cultivation of GM crops in SA
By Grain Producers SAGrain Producers SA has welcomed an apparent breakthrough to legalise the commercial cultivation of GM crops in South Australia, following an announcement in Parliament.Under the Opposition’s proposed amendments,…
Apr 29, 2020
Farmers encouraged to tackle the spread of Brome Grass
By Agriculture VictoriaFarmers across the Wimmera are being encouraged to tackle the spread of brome grass in the region.A campaign to raise awareness and to support farmers to address the problem was launched in March with a series…
Apr 29, 2020
Widened gap between new crop Wheat and Barley pricing
By Warren Lander - AWBWith Anzac Day historically being the ‘go to’ date to start the winter sowing program just past, we have seen the majority of growers already well and truly into this season’s sowing program due to the terrific…
Apr 29, 2020
What will the skinny twin ewes eat?
By: Dr Mark Ferguson & Darren GordonWebsite - NextgenAGRIAcross most of New Zealand, lambs are only just being conceived, or not even conceived yet. However, it is never too early to start planning. It is important to already be…
Apr 29, 2020
Tough Wool market at the moment
Karee Wool market report for the South. Apr 29thSMI: 1204 -2418: 1519 -2519: 1437 -1920: 1382 -3721: 1370 -3822: 1364 -4428: 668 -1Mer card: 843 -3Pass in: 27.7%
Apr 28, 2020
Merino Lambs sell well to Ballarat
Yarding - 30,000 (-2400).Lambs - 24,000 (+2600).Sheep - 6,000 (-5000).Agents drew for 24,000 lambs. The quality was plain to very good. All the usual buying group were in attendance, light lambs back to the paddock and MK orders still…
Apr 28, 2020
Wool market slides further
Karee Wool market report for the South - Apr 28thSMI: 1228 -2218: 1544 -2419: 1456 -3020: 1419 -4921: 1408 -5128: 669 -4Mer carding: 846 -15Passed in: 17.1%
Apr 28, 2020
Indigo Ag's plan to compensate farmers for carbon removal is attracting big name funders
By Owen Poindexter - GreenBiz GroupUS - There’s an old saying that you get what you pay for when it comes to things that separate you from the ground, such as shoes, tires and beds. The same is true for what comes out of the ground,…
Apr 28, 2020
Grain Report - Argentina’s Agricultural exports severely hampered…
Near 50-year lows in the water level of Argentina’s Parana River (pictured) at the major port hub of Rosario are severely hampering the flow of agricultural exports and has reportedly cost local industry upwards of US$240 million…
Apr 27, 2020
No PTO required - Dunstan announce new hydraulic Chaser Bins
Dunstan Principal Craig Miller has announced successful testing and adoption of the Hydraulic Drive chaser bins to their range for 2020. The bins are specifically designed for high horsepower tractors typically used for seeding rigs…
Apr 27, 2020
Sightings of Australian plague locust in the Cobar and Nyngan areas of NSW
Landholders are encouraged to be on the lookout for and report any sightings of the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) following a number of potential cases in the Cobar and Nyngan area.The Australian plague locust…
Apr 27, 2020
Rabobank - Extreme opposing forces will dominate the Australian Cattle market
Extreme opposing forces will dominate the Australian cattle market in 2020, with limited supply and strong local demand driving prices, but tempered by the global COVID-19 disruption, according to Rabobank’s Australian Beef Cattle…
Apr 27, 2020
Jonathan Brown to bat for the Dairy industry
Dairy Australia is pleased to announce Aussie rules legend and media personality Jonathan Brown as the dairy industry’s new ambassador. Jonathan comes from a multi-generational dairy farming family and brings a genuine and passionate…
Apr 27, 2020
One of the strongest Mutton sales Bendigo has witnessed
Yarding - 11,000 (-13,600).Lambs - 8000 (-10,800).Sheep - 3000 (-2800).Smaller offerings of both lambs and sheep following more wet weather. There was still good supplies of heavy lambs weighing over 24kg cwt, many grain assisted.…
