Sep 14, 2018
Mernowie Poll Merino Rams top of $7400
Mernowie Poll Merino, Marrabel, SA held their on-property Ram Sale on Friday.The offered up 102 Rams and sold 92 to a top price of $7400.The average for the sale was $1716 and the gross came in at $157,872 for the Rowett familyhttps://www.facebook.com/mernowie/http://mernowie.com/
Sep 14, 2018
Merryville Merinos average $1996
Merryville Merino Stud, Boorowa, NSW held their 20th annual on-property sale on Friday.They offered up 163 unhoused Rams and sold 145 to an average of $1996.Demondrille Merino Stud, Harden, NSW bought the top priced Ram for $6500.The…
Sep 14, 2018
Moorundie Park Poll Merino Rams sell to $9000
Moorundie Park Poll Merino Stud, Gulnare, SA, held their on-property Ram Sale on Friday.In another big SA Ram Sale they offered up 200 lots and sold them all to an average of $1877.The top priced lot made $9000 and the sale grossed…
Sep 14, 2018
Sohnic Poll Merinos average $2421
Sohnic Poll Merino Stud, Marnoo, Victoria, held their on-property Ram Sale on FridayThey offered 72 Rams and sold the lot to an average of $2421.The top-priced Ram made $6000 and the overall gross was $174,312 for Greg Hose and Scott…
Sep 14, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Global supplies up but locals take no notice
By Angus Brown | Source: USDA, CME, Mecardo. The second of the major supply reports of interest this week was the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), released on Wednesday night. The United States Department of…
Sep 14, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly wool forwards- week ending 14th September 2018
By Michael Close | Source: Riemann, Mecardo. The forwards market reacted to a flat physical market where the EMI remained steady while the finer microns rallied. As a result, the finer forward contracts become active with overseas…
Sep 14, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wool market creeps up
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. The AWEX report captured the wool market sentiment this week – it “crept up.” On the first day of sales the EMI pushed close to the 2,100-cent level, before easing slightly on the final…
Sep 14, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Lambs tank but only to OTH levels
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Mecardo. Lamb markets continued to tank this week. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise, with the previous 850¢+ levels clearly unsustainable. Interestingly, over the hooks prices rallied, with saleyards…
Sep 14, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Improved prices lift yarding, but not by much
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, BOM, Mecardo. A 1.5% gain in the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) has encouraged a lift in yarding of young cattle, with the highest weekly throughput of EYCI eligible cattle recorded in…
Sep 13, 2018
Faith, Hope, Triumph and Tragedy
By Billa BurraIt's hard to know how we should look back on this year. In many ways it has been a breakthrough year, and an absolute triumph. We have had less than 100mm for the year, and 85mm for the growing season. Less than the…
Sep 13, 2018
Disrupter Stocka out to grab some of the Farmer DYI market
Read here about our new Farm Tender "Prime" Preferred Partner (PPP) Stocka, the disrupter is aiming at the DYI Farmer who wants to market Livestock themselves.Read all about it hereSee the Stocka PPP here
Sep 13, 2018
New high yielding Chickpea variety for Central Queensland
Chickpea production in Central Queensland entered a new era today with the release of a high yielding variety that promises to deliver improved disease resistance and superior agronomic and seed quality characteristics.The new desi…
Sep 13, 2018
Old Ashrose Merino Rams to $8000
Old Ashrose Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Hallett, SA, held their on-property Ram Sale on ThursdayThe entered 120 Rams in the Sale and cleared the lot with the top price being $8000. The average for the Sale was $2244 and the overall…
Sep 13, 2018
Haddon Rig Merino Ram sale average $2356 for 188 sold
Haddon Rig Merino and Poll Merino Stud, Marthaguy, NSW, held their on-property Ram Sale on Thursday.They offered up 210 and sold 188 to a top of $14,000.The average for the Sale was $2356 and the overall gross was $442,991The Merino…
Sep 13, 2018
Clean up grain storages before temperatures rise
Grain growers are advised to closely monitor their grain storages over the coming weeks as increasing temperatures are likely to stimulate stored grain insect pest activity.Grain remaining on-farm from the previous harvest is a common…
Sep 13, 2018
Community-minded farmer wins national farming innovation award
By Lucy DaminA Yorke Peninsula farmer who turned a community issue into an innovative business for his farm has won the Pasture Genetics National Fodder Innovation Award at the Royal Adelaide Show.The award was presented to Kadina…
Sep 13, 2018
Why Fonterra will continue to fail
By St John CranerFonterra’s business model is wrong and has been for a long time.On one side we have farmers who rightly want the maximum return for their milk so they can invest in their own farm infrastructure. On the other side…
Sep 13, 2018
Wallaloo Park Merino Rams to $52,000
Wallaloo Park Merino Stud, Marnoo, Vic held their 27th annual on-property Sale on ThursdayThey offered 194 and sold 185 to a top price of $52,000. Lot number 1 was the top priced lot and sold to Derella Downs and Pyramid Poll Merino…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Cheap wool in the greasy wool market
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, RBA, Riemann, ICS, Mecardo. Bids for 28 and 30 micron were boosted late last week, extending out to May 2019. The bids are discounted to the current market but their appearance suggests demand is set…
Sep 13, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Getting real about percentile tables
By Michael Close | Source: MLA, AWEX, Mecardo. A Mecardo subscriber contacted us, interested in the differences between nominal and deflated prices when creating decile tables for different commodities. So without fail, we looked…
