Nov 10, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Aerial imaging company Taranis gets $20 million in funding
Taranis, an ag-tech startup that uses aerial scouting and deep learning to identify potential crop issues, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series B led by Viola Ventures. Existing investors Nutrien (one of the world’s…
Nov 10, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Food to deliver Ag its tech
Cannabis-infused drinks. Burgers grown in laboratories. Entire meals in bottles. Consumers, retailers and farmers alike are hungry for the next generation of food, and investors are beginning to acquire the taste, too. Early-stage…
Nov 10, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Aussie founded company CropLogic expanding its footprint
With a vision of becoming the leading provider of agronomic services for farmers around the world, CropLogic — a New Zealand-based agricultural technology company — is expanding its footprint.The company was formed in 2010 to further…
Nov 09, 2018
Video - The Farm Tender "What's Hot" Report for the week just gone
Watch the Farm Tender "What Hot" Report for the week just gone. https://youtu.be/ui4ygqYDnhMAd - McGuckin Transport - Quality Grain and Hay Transporters - Ad
Nov 09, 2018
GrainGrowers successfully divests its digital Ag platform to Flurosat
GrainGrowers announced the successful divestment of its digital agricultural platform to Australian agtech company, Flurosat.The GrainGrowers Digital Agriculture Platform consists of a team of Canberra-based software developers and…
Nov 09, 2018
Wool EMI down 247 cents in the last 30 days
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolThe Australian dollar trading above 72 US cents added additional pressure to the wool market in the last week, as the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) continued its downward spiral to finish at 1776 cents…
Nov 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - What in the ag markets changed 254.7% overnight?
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo, USDA, National Statistics Bureau. Recently there have been releases from both the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Statistics Bureau (China). There were some very, very big…
Nov 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - East coast lamb yarding levels off like a rocket
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, MecardoThe spring flush is well underway now and the increased numbers at Victorian saleyards this week contributed to an extra 100,000 head of lamb exchanging hands. Although swelling yarding…
Nov 09, 2018
AWI Chairman Wal Merriman steps down
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Chairman Mr Walter Merriman has today announced his decision to step down as Chairman of the not-for-profit company that invests in research & development and marketing on behalf of all Australian…
Nov 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - It's officially a rout
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. While AWEX comments on Thursday noted that the market had steadied there is no denying the market again suffered from a lack of buying demand. Reduced offering and falling prices across…
Nov 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards – week ending 9th November 2018
By Olivia Agar | Source: Mecardo, Riemann.It seems the consecutive weeks of a price declines in the spot market finally reached its point of concern and has shaken some urgency into the forwards market. 17 contracts traded in total,…
Nov 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Waning restocker demand waiting for more rain
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, NLRS, Mecardo. There has been more rain about this week, but it couldn’t stop the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) falling. Young cattle prices are coming off six-month highs, and we thought the…
Nov 08, 2018
BlockGrain now becomes AgriChain
Watch the video hereAs our company expands and the demand for our product, BlockGrain 2.0, going beyond the grain industry, our team and advisors have made the strategic decision to rebrand from BlockGrain to AgriChain. With interest…
Nov 08, 2018
Market risks associated with desiccation close to harvest
Be aware of market risks involved with herbicide and desiccant use close to harvest this season.Pulse and canola growers are advised to be aware of possible marketing restrictions that may arise from using certain herbicide/desiccant…
Nov 08, 2018
Slightly cheaper Lamb Sale at CVLX Ballarat
Yarding - 45,860 (-18,570).Lambs - 32,973 (-12,345).Sheep - 12,887 (-6,225). Ballarat agents yarded a smaller number of 32,973 lambs, which was approximately 12,346 head less than last week. Quality again varied from average to good,…
Nov 08, 2018
The all new JCB Fastrac 4220 is a new generation Tractor
Len Quagliata is a cane farmer and contractor based in Ayr in North Queensland. Len was looking for a tractor to transport 17 tonnes of sugar cane at 60kms per hour from the cane field to the rail siding (drop-off point) to be forwarded…
Nov 08, 2018
Tractor Sales steady for the month, Baler Sales up 13 percent on last year
Following a dramatic downturn in September where sales of tractors dropped markedly, October has seen a steadying of the ship with a slight recovery in machine sales occurring. This was partly due to some “end of year financial planning”…
Nov 08, 2018
JBS signs a US$1.5 billion fresh food deal with China's Alibaba
JBS has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Shanghai with the Alibaba Group, the global e-commerce giant, to sell animal protein – beef, pork and poultry – in China. The agreement could be worth up to US$ 1.5 billion…
Nov 08, 2018
Wool SMI continues its downward run today
Karee Wool market report South. November 8thSMI IND: 1754 -1518: 2207 -3919: 2107 -4420: 2056 -321: 2064 -222: 2100 -1023: 2046 -3728: 751 -5MC: 1045 -26Passed In: 18.5%www.kareewool.com.auAd - We Cut, Rake and Bale - Serving the…
Nov 08, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Bendigo nearly done but spring flush just begun
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Mecardo. We have been talking about Victorian lamb yardings for a couple of weeks now. Firstly, they were lower than normal, then they rapidly picked up last week, to be much higher than normal. We thought…
