Oct 14, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - First Impressions of The Past or Future?
By RedhandedOutside the food on your plate, what is the most common way the public engage Australia’s agricultural industry?It’s agricultural shows and ‘field days’.And how do we portray our sector through these events that pull in…
Oct 13, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Nothing Virtual About It: How Digital Tools Are Improving Farmers’ Lives
By Liam Condon, President of the Crop Science division of BayerFrom small farms to large-scale operations, digital tools are transforming agriculture and improving the way millions of farmers around the world protect their crops and…
Oct 13, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - Australian AgTech: Opportunities and challenges as seen from a US venture capital perspective
Executive summaryInnovation in agricultural technologies, or AgTech, is rapidly changing the world’s least digitised industry.1 Unprecedented global investment in AgTech reflects this growth, having quintupled from US$309M in 2013…
Oct 13, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - FarmBeats new sensor technology is exciting
By Bill Gates I recently visited a remarkable farm in Carnation, Washington, just 25 miles from downtown Seattle.At first glance, Dancing Crow Farm looks like any other farm. There are rows of crops and, at least when I was there,…
Oct 12, 2018
Reducing your selling costs - Do your sums
By Kelsey Miller, Stocka DirectorLike many things in business, until you see it on paper in front of you its often easy to put aside and worry about other things that feel more pressing but in actual fact have less impact on your…
Oct 12, 2018
Feedlots play an important role in rural and regional economies
If feedlots were to shut down in 2018 the size of the Australian economy would retract by a massive $10.3 billion and 49,000 FTE employees by 2029. This is one of the key findings from the Deloitte’s Regional Feedlot Investment Study…
Oct 12, 2018
WA's newest Grain customers - NSW & Qld
By Andrew Retallick, Market CheckAs we enter the 2018/19 season, Australian grain balance sheets are already in the most precarious position in living memory. Grain prices have responded accordingly, with New South Wales (NSW) and…
Oct 12, 2018
Wool EMI heading North again
By Mark Dyson, Quality WoolThe Australian dollar holding stable at mid-70 US cents assisted the wool market to find solid gains this week.The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI), which had retracted some 102c/kg over the past three weeks,…
Oct 12, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - WASDE & rain
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, MecardoThe rain has arrived in the east, but it’s still too early to call the drought broken. Nonetheless, the sound of rain on the roof is great therapy. In this weekly comment, we take a brief…
Oct 12, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Support emerges for the wool market
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, MecardoIt seems that Fremantle was the “canary in the mine” last week. We reported that the market appeared to find support in WA late on Thursday and this translated into a stronger market this…
Oct 12, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Supply and price respond to rain
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, BOM, Mecardo. Lamb and sheep markets along the east coast were provided with a price boost this week as some welcome rainfall saw lamb throughput ease. The Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator…
Oct 12, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - More green on the map boosting restockers
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Mecardo. Another week with some rain about and more on the forecast has cattle markets showing signs of improvement. The Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) headed back towards 500¢, while Heavy Steers…
Oct 11, 2018
New Tractor Sales down 18 percent for the month of September
After a year of strong sales, almost defying expectations, September has seen sales of Agricultural Equipment across the country drop by their greatest amount in recent memory as the impact of the drought well and truly takes hold.Tractor…
Oct 11, 2018
War against misleading labelling of vegetable products as dairy products
National Party deputy leader and Federal Regional Services Minister Bridget McKenzie today stepped-up the war against misleading labelling of vegetable products as dairy products.Plant-sourced foods labelled ‘milk’ or ‘meat’ will…
Oct 11, 2018
Reducing spray drift and the new restrictions to the use of 2,4-D
Grain growers and spray operators can now access a practical guide explaining how to maintain efficacy when using coarser spray qualities in line with new restrictions to the use of 2,4-D.The guide has been developed by the Grains…
Oct 11, 2018
Rise of the UK MegaFarms
If you were to visit the English countryside 15 years ago, you would have found nine times as many small farms as you do today – and twice as many different farms in general.For years, farmers across the UK have received subsidies…
Oct 11, 2018
Alignment brings an innovative Crop and input insurance product to the table
Farmers Edge and Global Ag Risk Solutions (Global Ag), two leading Canadian agricultural companies, announced a strategic alignment marking an era of change for crop insurance. The partnership will combine Farmers Edge field-centric…
Oct 11, 2018
Mumblebone Ram Sale success extends to New Zealand
Mumblebone Merino Stud, Wellington, NSW held their 32nd annual on-property Ram Sale on WednesdayThey offered up 200 lots and sold 194 to a top price of $6500. It was lot 2 and sold to Earnscleugh Station, New Zealand.The sale average…
Oct 11, 2018
Aussie Beef perfectly placed to seize the opportunities presented by changing consumer demands
By Neil Findlay, Agribusiness Customer Executive, National Australia Bank This week over 400 delegates and beef industry leaders gathered at the Brisbane Showgrounds for BeefEx, held every two years.With support from NAB Agribusiness,…
Oct 11, 2018
Mid microns kick again today
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