Apr 20, 2020
Rabobank - Chinese Ag-chem production is ‘ramping-up’
Increased use of precision agriculture practices and other workarounds can play a key role in softening the impact of potential agricultural input shortages due to COVID-19, agribusiness specialist Rabobank says in recent research.…
Apr 20, 2020
Does delayed sowing help manage weed populations?
By Cindy Benjamin - WeedsmartDoes delayed sowing help manage weed populations?The answer to this question is a very simple ‘no’. Waiting for weed seeds with longer dormancy to germinate before sowing costs yield and weeds often set…
Apr 20, 2020
Export Lambs cheaper and Sheep dearer at Bendigo
Yarding - 24,600 (+12,960).Lambs - 12,960 (+11,560).Sheep - 5800 (+1400).There were 18,800 lambs yarded as numbers jumped following Easter and the cancelled market last Monday due to a public holiday. The supply of heavy export lambs…
Apr 19, 2020
Cover Crop interest is growing
By Cindy Benjamin - Weed Smart There is a growing interest in planting cover crops in cotton and broadacre systems, providing the potential to preserve soil moisture, improve soil health and manage weeds.As part of the CRDC project…
Apr 19, 2020
Viterra delivers $10 million in value directly to growers
Viterra delivered nearly $10 million in additional value directly to growers last harvest through dynamic binning, reduced Export Select freight rates, storage and handling fees and warehousing fees.Viterra has a long term focus of…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - 3 Ways COVID-19 Is Pushing Ag Data Transformation
By Reinder Prins - Chief Marketing Officer at Agworld If somebody would have told me a few months ago how I would be spending the Easter weekend, at home by myself in Latin America (where I live) instead of attending my best friend’s…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - AgVend take buying Farm input into the digital space
Digitally connecting you to your grower customersToday, we are pleased to announce the launch of our AgVend Grower Portal. This new product line builds on our mission to constructively power digital commerce in agriculture. Over the…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - Profile of Ag Tech Founder Jason Tatge of Farmobile
Tell us the origin story of Farmobile – what problem were you trying to solve and why?When two colleagues and I originally started Farmobile, we were looking for a way to create a market for science worthy, ground-truthed, real-time…
Apr 18, 2020
Ag Tech Sunday - The role AI plays in Aquaculture
By Jonah van Beijnen and Gregg Yan - The Fish Site27 January 2020, at 9:33amArtificial intelligence (AI) is already making huge improvements to the efficiency and sustainability of global aquaculture, as this practical guide to some…
Apr 16, 2020
Optimism for Australian grain growers, despite uncertainty
While COVID-19 continues to create chaos across global markets and industries, Australian grain growers are quietly preparing for one of their most promising seasons in recent years. With the winter grain planting window just weeks…
Apr 16, 2020
WA Grain Market Wrap - April
By David Cripps - AWBWorld markets are changing rapidly in reaction to the COVID-19 virus and its impact on all global markets over the next few months is anyone’s guess. As we have all seen, the panic buying from consumers in Australia…
Apr 16, 2020
CV19 patterns will change businesses
By Robbie Sefton - Chairperson at Panel for the Independent Assessment of Social And Economic Conditions in The BasinIn 2004, the phrase "Life comes at you fast" was a clever tagline for US insurance company Nationwide. In 2020, it…
Apr 16, 2020
What really drives profitability in New Zealand's pastoral agriculture?
Unique, profitable, and complexBy Graeme Ogle - Rezare SystemsNew Zealand pastoral agriculture is uniquely based around grazing pasture in the paddock while it is growing. In most countries agriculture is relentlessly dependent on…
Apr 15, 2020
Five locals buy Mallee Cropping aggregation
Five local producers have purchased land parcels in the Arkana Cropping Aggregation in Victoria’s northern Mallee region for a combined total of nearly $13 million.The Bridge family’s 4,223ha aggregation in Panitya was listed for…
Apr 15, 2020
Stored moisture needed when considering Canola in area previously in drought
By Toni Somes - GRDCNew South Wales grain growers with good stored soil moisture levels following the recent rain should consider early sowing of longer season canola varieties after new research demonstrated their capacity to utilise…
Apr 15, 2020
Large Tractor (200hp+) sales plummet
The prospects for machinery sales in the agricultural sector have improved considerably in recent weeks despite the current troubles associated with the COVID 19 virus.First and foremost, we have seen considerable rainfall in most…
Apr 15, 2020
Fine Wool dearer, stronger and cardings take a hit
Karee Wool market report for the South - Apr 15thSMI: 1270 -1218: 1601 +1619: 1519 +720: 1481 -521: 1477 -922: 1485 -128: 686 -19Merino cardings: 872 -30Passed in: 17.9%AUD: 64.0
Apr 15, 2020
Rain gives Australian farmers the grain light
By Angus Groves - AWBAs we wade through the current uncertainty in global food markets, it looks almost certain that the volatility in commodities will continue as we head towards winter conditions in Australia. There are many factors…
Apr 15, 2020
Heavy and Extra Heavy cheaper, all other categories dearer at Ballarat
Yarding - 32,500 (+6596).Lambs - 24,500 (+5668).Sheep - 8000 (+928).Agents yarded 24,500 lambs. The quality was plain to very good with the skins starting to show signs of the cold weather, with all the well-presented and finish lambs…
Apr 13, 2020
World Grain Report - Weather may not be the biggest short-term Grain market driver…
Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and the winter crops are entering a critical phase in their production cycle. Lack of rain in the forecast and soil moisture retreating in key parts of Europe and the Black Sea remains…
