Jan 19, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - Waste Not, Want Not
Acclaimed TED speaker, CEO and female entrepreneur Anastasia Volkova is building a world with better food security through remote-sensing technologies with her award-winning agtech startup FluroSat.Imagine a world with global food…
Jan 19, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - John Deere wants to remind the world that it’s a tech company
John Deere has been to CES before. The company known for its dark green tractors with the yellow deer on them has rubbed shoulders with the smart TVs, smart light bulbs, smart cars, smart switches and smart toothbrushes for years.…
Jan 18, 2019
Wool EMI approaching the 2000 cent level again
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolA larger national wool offering of 51,703 bales and an increase in the Australian Dollar to trade above 72 US cents was enough for the wool market to initially show some consolidation for the Merino types…
Jan 18, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - My shutdowns are the greatest shutdowns
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo. The market trades based on information. The largest source of publicly available information is currently on a record-breaking holiday thanks to the US government shutdown. What impact does…
Jan 18, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards for week ending 18 January 2019
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: Riemann, MecardoA bit of action was seen in the 19 and 21 micron categories to kick off 2019 for the wool forward market and some interesting developments in the coarse wool forwards gave growers a chance…
Jan 18, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Strength despite size
By Olivia Agar | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. The last 3 weeks of sales have seen big volumes of wool on the market. Now the normal story would be a hit on prices, but results have been curiously stable.The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI)…
Jan 18, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Victorian supplies keeping a lid on prices
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. There are still plenty of lambs coming for slaughter in Victoria, but NSW supply is waning. As such, lamb prices have been on the wane early in the year, and mutton has also been dragged lower. It seems…
Jan 18, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Not the greatest start to 2019
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, BOM, Mecardo. The first full week of cattle sales for 2019 provides limited cheer after the festive break with all key reported categories along the east coast registering price falls. There was a…
Jan 17, 2019
Louis Dreyfus to exit its Dairy business by mid 2019
By Lynda Kiernan Louis Dreyfus Company announced its intentions to exit its dairy business by the middle of this year. The announcement comes amid a strategic overhaul of its business started three years ago that will allow the company…
Jan 17, 2019
RamSelect has empowered commercial Ram buyers by adding transparency to the market place
The advent of the online genetic selection tool RamSelect has empowered commercial ram buyers by adding transparency to the market place, according to Holbrook, NSW, sheep breeder Ian Ross. Mr Ross (pictured) manages the 1800-hectare…
Jan 17, 2019
RFDS to roll out the new mental health program to the outback
A new national mental health program is commencing this month which will expand access to mental health services in rural and remote Australia. The new program will see mental health workers visit communities who previously faced…
Jan 17, 2019
Draft Dairy code has been released for consultation
* Draft dairy code released for consultation, based on feedback from farmers and processors. * A draft Regulation Impact Statement also released for consultation which assesses the impact of the code for farmers and processors. …
Jan 17, 2019
Using Scrub as a Livestock Feed - By Alastair Rayner
The search for roughage during a drought challenges many producers. Over many years, scrub and some native trees have become a ‘go to’ for producers seeking an alternative and cheap source of feed. Many people have used scrub very…
Jan 17, 2019
Wool market SMI level today
Karee Wool market report for the South - January 17thSMI: 1899 -118: 2438 +1519: 2286 +320: 2234 -1521: 2233 -522: 2202 +323: 2161 +1628: 954 -7Merino Cardings: 1172 -10Passed In: 5.2%www.kareewool.com.auAd - For Sheep Tech at it's…
Jan 17, 2019
Farm to Fashion - Connection the supply chain
Through engagement and education, the International Woolmark Prize seeks to reshape the fashion landscape with Australian-grown Merino wool at its heart.Dating back to 1950, and with a venerable alumni that includes fashion icons…
Jan 17, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Are MSA premiums worth chasing?
By Angus Brown | Source: JBS. We had an interesting query from a reader this week regarding price premiums being offered for high Meat Standards Australia (MSA) indexing cattle. The main factor influencing whether cattle achieve the…
Jan 17, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Big discounts starting to work for finer crossbreds
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWC, WI, AWEX. Finer crossbred prices have jumped this week, with 26 and 28 micron indicators up by 40 cents on the first day of sales (Tuesday). Compared to Merino combing and carding prices, crossbreds…
Jan 17, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - The start of the marketing season
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo. The harvest is all but complete in Australia and thoughts turn to the 2019 season. Will it rain, what will we plant? In this update we take a look at the forward curve, and why it is important…
Jan 16, 2019
Buyers not fully operational saw the Ballarat Market for Sheep and Lambs down slightly
Yarding - 46,341 (+13,984).Lambs - 31,241 (+12,984).Sheep - 15,100 (+1000). Lamb numbers were up at ballarat this week by 13,700, with 32,000 head drawn for. The quality ranged from average to good, especially over the shorn lambs…
Jan 16, 2019
Rabobank - Rural confidence lifts off its lowest point in 12 years
Results at a glance: * Much-needed rains finally arrive in some drought-affected areas, lifting rural confidence from its 12-year low * But not enough to significantly restore confidence in the east * Outlook bullish in the…
