Nov 08, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Young Heifer price behaviour post drought
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, ABS, Mecardo. A handful of Mecardo subscribers have queried the likely behaviour of prices for breeding stock once the season returns to a more favourable outlook and the herd rebuild gets underway…
Nov 08, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Merino fleece staple length P&Ds
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX , ICS. Since 2013, the Merino Cardings indicator (locks and crutchings) has spent nearly all the time above 70% of the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI), a level exceeded only in 1987 and 2010 between 1981…
Nov 07, 2018
AFIA - Guide to Moisture Content of Hay
By Frank MickanHeating is most likely to damage hay stored at moistures above 30%. Minimum changes occur if it is baled at 20% or less although if it is uniformly dry it can be baled and stored safely at 25%. The 25% level is the…
Nov 07, 2018
Soil erosion management promises to be high priority for Grain Growers
By Toni Somes As stubble loads in drought affected areas fall below 70 per cent growers are being encouraged to minimise activities that may increase the risk of erosion. Photo GRDCSoil erosion management promises to be high priority…
Nov 07, 2018
Detailed Record Keeping Key in Precision Farming and Finance
By Reinder Prins - Agworld Marketing Manager - Perth, AustraliaWhen farmers think about precision agriculture most will automatically think about the geospatially based sub-field agronomic management side of ‘precision agriculture’.…
Nov 07, 2018
Former Earthmover kicking goals in the grass-fed Beef market
Comiskey Beef might be a relative newcomer to the cattle industry, but the family-owned operation near Rockhampton is quickly gaining ground in the grass-fed market.Joe Comiskey, who left the earthmoving industry in 2011 to buy two…
Nov 07, 2018
Collecting and destroying weed seeds as part of the harvest operation
By Cindy BenjaminCollecting and destroying weed seeds as part of the harvest operation is recognised as the most efficient and effective way to implement harvest weed seed control (HWSC) within an integrated weed management system.Acknowledged…
Nov 07, 2018
Sheep CRC - Validation trials prove accuracy of ASKBILL’s early forecasts
Validation trials have proven that sheep producers using ASKBILL are receiving highly accurate forecasts of pasture production and animal growth well in advance of key management decisions.Developed by the Cooperative Research Centre…
Nov 07, 2018
Northern Vic Farmers are setting high milk quality standards
As the 2017 national winners of DFMC’s (Dairy Farmers Milk Co-Op) milk quality award, Kaid and Joanne Hawken know a thing or two about how to produce quality milk.Based on their 120-hectare farm in northern Victoria near Leitchville,…
Nov 07, 2018
Big slide in the Wool Market today
Karee Wool market report Southern Market. November 7thSMI: 1769 -6118: 2246 -9719: 2151 -7020: 2059 -8221: 2066 -6022: 2110 -5923: 2083 -3428: 756 -22MC: 1071 -45Pass in rate: 17.7%
Nov 07, 2018
Sheep and Lambs cheaper as numbers decline at Bendigo
Yarding - 30,000 (-15,000).Lambs - 20,000 (-10,000).Sheep - 10,000 (+5,000). Lamb numbers decreased by a third to 20,000 head, influenced by the disrupted week due to the Melbourne Cup holiday and the heavily discounted prices that…
Nov 07, 2018
Tweedle Dee and “Tweet’le Dumber” continue the trade battle…
By Peter McMeekinWe have all heard of bull markets and bear markets. Now we have ‘tweet’ markets after a post on Twitter by ‘The Don’ sent United States (US) futures markets sharply higher last Thursday and Friday (US time). The rally…
Nov 06, 2018
Tackling Frost in the Grains Industry
Frost is a costly and often unpredictable problem that costs Australian grain growers more than $300 million a year, but the GRDC’s National Frost Initiative is proactively working to develop more frost resistant varieties, identify…
Nov 06, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wheat is wheat in a drought?
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo. There is an old adage that during a drought, wheat is wheat. The wheat produced in the country will, for the most part, be going down a beasts throat, therefore grade spreads are not quite…
Nov 06, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - What a difference a shipment makes
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, Mecardo.The granting of a live sheep export license to Rural Export and Trading Western Australia (RETWA) has breathed life back into WA livestock prices, as 130,000 head of sheep are reported…
Nov 06, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - AWTA volumes slip again in October
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWTA, ICS. With sheep sales continuing at a contractionary level, the supply chain continues to watch Australian greasy wool supply information closely. The best supply data comes from the AWTA which this…
Nov 06, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Still money in trading despite the rise
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Auctionsplus. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) is on the rise, and with it prices paid for store cattle. Around a month ago we took a look at how cheap store cattle were in the spring. Prices…
Nov 05, 2018
The Farm Tender Hay Report – Volume 19 - Domestic Hay buying interest steady at best
Domestic Hay buying interest steady at bestFrost has claimed another area, this time it was Southern Victoria which had magnificent Grain Crops. The majority of these crops will now be felled for Hay production. This, in turn, will…
Nov 05, 2018
NFF has commended changes to existing visa programmes
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has commended changes to existing visa programmes to more effectively meet the farm sector’s chronic labour shortage.“Prime Minister Morrison has listened and is following through on his commitment…
Nov 04, 2018
Moisture has arrived at a good time for some Summer Cropping programs
After solid rainfalls across northern NSW over the past 3 weeks, one would not be blamed for becoming over-excited and pulling the ark out of the shed. Moisture has arrived at a good time and seen widespread planting of summer crops…
