Aug 31, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Next stop $10?
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, BOM, Mecardo.A little bit of precipitation seemed to go a long way this week. Lamb prices jumped for all east coast categories, with the restocker lamb surprisingly doing the most. Meanwhile, heavy lambs…
Aug 31, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - On tenterhooks
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. The drought has put the whole country on tenterhooks. The market is currently at very strong levels, any event has the capacity to cause very big swings in pricing. The weather at present…
Aug 31, 2018
Australia’s biggest Wheat customer is growing fast
Australia’s biggest wheat customer is growing fast and meeting its needs should be a key priority for Australia now and in the future, according to AEGIC analysis.AEGIC has released the first in a series of reports analysing where…
Aug 30, 2018
Navigate the way with support list - By Robbie Sefton
So much hope invested in that weekend rain front: and much disappointment followed.Inevitably, though, this drought is going to be with us for a long time to come. Even when the rain deficit corrects itself, farmers will be carrying…
Aug 30, 2018
Milwillah Angus Bulls to $22,000 in a total clearance
Milwillah Angus Stud, Young, NSW, held their Bull Sale on Wednesday.They offered up 72 lots and sold them all to a top price of $22,000. Lot 5, Milwillah Identity N44 sold to the Attard family, Moura, Qld.The average for the sale…
Aug 30, 2018
Influential Sire makes $30,000 at Futurity Shorthorn Bull Sale
Futurity Shorthorn Stud, Baradine, NSW, held their 10th annual on-property Sale on Thursday.They offered up 50 Bulls and sold the lot in a total clearance. Lot 6, Futurity Might & Power M234 sold to Carlton Shorthorns, SA for $30,000.The…
Aug 30, 2018
New National Lamb Record of $337.20 set at Wagga
New National Lamb record was set at Wagga Wagga Saleyards on Thursday. This time it was $337.20More to come....
Aug 30, 2018
Gunallo Poll Merinos to a top of $4800
Gunallo Poll Merino Stud, Pinnaroo, SA, held their Ram Sale on Thursday.They offered up 96 Rams and sold 94 to a top of $4800. Lot 3 was the top lot and sold to McPiggery at Lamaroo, SA.The average for the Sale was $1678 and the overall…
Aug 30, 2018
Littleproud: CSIRO dams work provides road map to 15,000 jobs
New dams can create almost 15,000 regional jobs and $4.85 billion in production in northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud said today.The Northern…
Aug 30, 2018
Rennylea Angus Bulls average $8776 for 147 all sold
Rennylea Angus Stud, Culcairn, NSW, held their Spring Bull Sale on Thursday.A total clearance of 147 Bull sold to a top of $16,000, lot 39, Rennylea N103.The average for the sale was $8776 and the gross total was $1,290,072Picture - Lot 39, the top…
Aug 30, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A look at cyclical price peaks in the Merino market
By Andrew Woods | Source: BAE, AWC,WI,AWEX,RBA,ICSCurrent Merino prices are mesmerising. If you doubt this, take a look at prices being paid for stains, cardings and fine crossbred wool which can be used for blending purposes, let…
Aug 30, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Getting by with a little help from our NZ friends
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: Stats NZ, B+L NZ, MecardoAcross the ditch the switch from sheep to cattle continues with Beef and Lamb NZ forecasting further growth in the beef herd at the expense of sheep/lamb. At a time when Asian demand…
Aug 30, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Hay, this year it’s worth it
By Angus Brown | Source: Meridian Ag, ALFA, MLAIt’s the current farming equivalent of a first world problem, but it is still worth grappling with. Growers in some areas of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have had average rainfall…
Aug 30, 2018
Will the 2018 Hay season conditions be like 2007?
By Mark Lourey - FeedworksWith the likelihood of a significant amount of failed cereal crops being baled in 2018 we have a lot to learn from 2007, data and technology since. The key factors we learnt were:* Moisture alone is a poor…
Aug 29, 2018
Profit up at Bega but they are wary of drought outcomes
Bega Cheese continues to grow and build a great Australian dairy and food company.Another year of growth and acquisition combined with sound financial performance sees Bega Cheese creating a significant position as an Australian dairy…
Aug 29, 2018
Ag Land prices to climb higher - Rabobank
While city house prices appear to have come off the boil in many parts of Australia, agricultural land prices are set to continue to climb over the next two years with no peak in sight, according to a new report by Rabobank.In its…
Aug 29, 2018
5G's first regional release in the Darling Downs
By Andrew Penn - Chief Executive Officer at TelstraToday I was in Toowoomba, in the heart of the Darling Downs region in Queensland, where we have proudly achieved another 5G first – activating the first 5G mobile base station in…
Aug 29, 2018
Burenda Angus reach an average of $9513 in a total clearance
Burenda Angus Stud, Kaimkillenbun, Qld, held their 10th annual Bull Sale at the Rome Salyards on WednesdayThe Stud had a total clearance of 116 Bulls with a top price of $16,500 twice. One was lot 19, Burenda Maestro M249 and the…
Aug 29, 2018
Farm in Focus – Ben Merritt, Ultima, Vic
By Louisa Ferrier - BCGBen farms with his wife and parents at Ultima. He has been farming full time since 2006 and has implemented new enterprises and farming practices to adapt to Mallee weather conditions and emerging business opportunities.…
Aug 29, 2018
Hamilton Run Poll Merino Rams to $4400
Hamilton Run Poll Merino, Dohne and White Suffolk Studs, Jamestown, SA, held their Ram Sale on TuesdayThey offered 100 Poll Merino Rams and sold 97 to a top price of $4400 and an average of $2033For the Dohnes, they offered up 60…
