Oct 04, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Supply still boosting price
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, RBA, ICSWorking out what the actual drivers are of wool prices at any given time in the market is not that easy. This is because the various elements of the demand side of the market are not quantifiable…
Oct 04, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Supply and demand outlook still favours lamb
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: ABS, MLA, Mecardo. Earlier in the week we looked at how the September release of annual lamb slaughter revisions from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is likely to play out for monthly slaughter volumes…
Oct 04, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Long term EYCI model points sideways unless it rains
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Steiner, USDA, CME, Mecardo. The last time Mecardo revised their long term Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) forecast was in early April 2018. As six months of unseasonably dry conditions have…
Oct 03, 2018
Roma "Future of Ag" forum has some cracking guest speakers
Making the most of investor interest in agriculture and understanding how technology is transforming the way we farm will be the focus of a special ‘Future of Ag’ forum in Roma later this month.AgForce Southern Inland Queensland…
Oct 03, 2018
NAB - Hefty Eastern drought but limited GDP impact
* Many of the headlines surround the very negative impacts from the drought. It’s more prominent in the East of course and largely absent in the West as far as this year’s crop production is concerned, resulting in a far less net…
Oct 03, 2018
Glendemar MPM Ram makes $15,000
Glendemar Multi Purpose Merino (MPM) Stud, Marnoo, Vic held their on-property Ram Sale on Wednesday.They offered up 140 lots and sold 127 to a top price of $15,000 for lot 121, Glendemar 171084.The Sale average was $2709 and the overall…
Oct 03, 2018
Belbourie Merino rams to $6000
Belbourie Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Marnoo, Vic held their 48th annual on-property Ram Sale on Wednesday.They offered up 72 Rams and sold 71 and gained an average of $2380Top lot made $6000 and was sold to the Reading family, Brynavon…
Oct 03, 2018
Red Brahmans reach $95,000 to end the Brahman Week Sale
The Red Brahmans had the spotlight on the last Day of the Brahman Week Sale at Rockhampton, Qld on Wednesday350 Bulls were entered of which 326 sold to an average of $9676The top price was $95,000 for lot 873, Muan A Sundown 5561…
Oct 03, 2018
Janmac Poll Dorsets to $4400 twice
Janmac Poll Dorset and White Suffolk Stud, Goroke, Vic held their on-property Ram Sale on WednesdayThey offered up 160 Poll Dorsets and sold 152 to an average of $1414 and a top price of $4400 achieved twice.They entered 35 White…
Oct 03, 2018
Bundilla Poll Rams average $2902 in a hot Sale
Bundilla Poll Merino Stud, Young, NSW held their on-property Ram Sale on Wednesday.The offered up 240 Rams and cleared the whole lot to a top price of $6500.The average for the Sale was a whopping $2902 and a gross of $696,480 for…
Oct 03, 2018
Richmond Merinos to a top of $10,500
Richmond Merino Ram Stud, Quandialla, NSW held their on-property Ram Sale on Tuesday.They offered up 120 Rams and sold the lot to a top price of $10,500.The average for the sale was $2027 and the gross was $243,240 for the Ryan familyhttps://www.facebook.com/richmondmerinos/In-house…
Oct 03, 2018
Brahman Week Bull makes $100,000
The two Day Grey Brahman Week Sale, Rockhampton, Qld ended on TuesdayA total of 476 Grey Brahman Bulls sold from 501 offered to an overall average of $9684.The top-priced Bull, lot 364, Clukan Axel 333/7 sold to GI Brahman Stud, Muttaburra,…
Oct 03, 2018
Woodyarrup sells to a top of $15,000
Woodyarrup Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Broomehill, WA held their annual on-property Ram Sale on Tuesday.They offered up 218 Horn Rams and sold 216 to a top price of $15,000.The average for the Horn Rams was $2206.They offered up…
Oct 02, 2018
McRae's Oakbank Merinos average $2531
Oakbank Merino Stud, St Arnaud, Vic, held their on-property Ram Sale on Tuesday.They offered up 72 Rams and sold 63 to a top price of $5750The average for the Sale was $2531, and the overall gross was $159,453 for the McRae familyPicture…
Oct 02, 2018
All new John Deere 9000 Series SP Forage Harvesters for the best Forage quality
High-capacity forage harvesting doesn’t mean sacrificing forage quality. In corn, the all-new 9000 Series Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters (SPFH) from John Deere provide up to 400 tonnes of throughput per hour, along with optimum…
Oct 02, 2018
Getting your head around the true impact of heat stress in wheat
By Claire Brown - BCGHeat stress is estimated to cost the agricultural industry $1 billion according to the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Wheat yield is adversely affected when heat stress occurs during flowering…
Oct 02, 2018
A must attend Pulse Field Day in the Wimmera
Pulses will take centre stage in Victoria’s Wimmera later this month at the annual Southern Pulse Agronomy Pulse Field Day. To be held on Thursday, October 25, in conjunction with Pulse Breeding Australia, the field day at Vectis…
Oct 02, 2018
Large Northern NSW Cattle Finishing and Cropping Property up for EOI
One of Australia's largest integrated Cattle Finishing and Cropping Businesses is up for Expression of InterestThe enterprise finishes more than 100,000* MSA graded cattle and produces approx. 40,000* tonnes of grain, pulses and oilseeds…
Oct 02, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Warning: This isn’t the new level
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo. It’s a dog of a year. There was some hope that September would bring some rain to at least keep the crop stable. Unfortunately, September has brought frost and continued dry weather. As a…
Oct 02, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A shrinking flock and weaker supply, but is it enough?
By Angus Brown | Source: ABS, MLA. Timing is everything in markets. Even in market analysis, when you write an article looking at sheep and lamb slaughter, then Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) release their projections in the same…
