Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Checking the fine merino market against the past three decades
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWC, WI, CSIRO, AWEX, RBA, ICSThe strength of the current merino market has prompted questions about how fine merino prices stack up against the levels reached in the late 1980s. This article takes a look…
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Deciles: August 2018
Deciles are an important tool in your marketing toolbox, to provide a view for strategic decisions. Our collection of updated deciles include dairy, wool, livestock, grain & inputs.To view the decile tables for each commodity please…
Aug 21, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A recap on canola
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: ICE, Matif, MecardoIn recent weeks our focus has largely been on the wheat and feed market, as this will be the primary driver on most farms this season. Today however, I thought it was timely to produce…
Aug 20, 2018
Lambs dearer and Sheep cheaper at Bendigo Market
Bendigo Prime Lamb & Sheep Market Report 20-8-18 Total yarding 13,710 Lambs & 7915 Sheep. The market trend for the day was $5-8 dearerLambsHeavy Lambs $210-286, $5-8 dearer Trade Lambs $140-210, $5-10 dearer Heavy Trade Suckers…
Aug 20, 2018
AWI is recommending that Woolgrowers vote for 2 percent in WoolPoll
Today, the 2018 WoolPoll Panel and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) have launched WoolPoll 2018, the opportunity woolgrowers have every three years to vote on the levy rate to fund AWI’s research, development and marketing activities…
Aug 20, 2018
Climate Kelpie Website to help Farmers tackle climate variabilities
A new look Climate Kelpie website, responsible for rounding up climate information for Australian farmers for over a decade, was launched at the 2018 Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast.Climate Kelpie is a website for farmers,…
Aug 20, 2018
Agriwebb raises $14 million and acquires UK based FarmWizard at the same time
Sydney-based startup AgriWebb, which has created a farm and livestock management solution, has secured a $14 million investment from UK outfit Wheatsheaf Group for a minority stake in the business.With Wheatsheaf Group investing in…
Aug 20, 2018
Clean and Green Wool Growing in Tassie
We’re certainly not trying to replicate a system that was present in 1770,” says Sebastian Burgess. “But rather we’re looking for a landscape that has ecological function; a landscape that is sympathetic with agricultural objectives…
Aug 19, 2018
Building future drought resilience
100% of NSW has been declared as drought affected with a large portion in severe drought. A large part of Queensland is also affected with some regions running on a 7-year drought streak. In fact, history tells us that the current…
Aug 19, 2018
Nuffield Scholars making a difference to Australian Ag
It’s been a busy year for Katanning’s Lara Ladyman, who is the CBH Group’s 2017 Nuffield Scholar.The Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarships aim to make a difference in the world of agriculture and assist in skill development and…
Aug 19, 2018
Forecasted 5.7 percent decline in Wool production
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg greasy. This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season.…
Aug 19, 2018
AWI's WoolQ upgraded
Today, AWI unveiled the next phase of its WoolQ online platform releasing three new features - the Industry Network Forum, My WoolQ and Ready Reckoner.Launched in March 2018, WoolQ is Australia’s first online wool industry platform…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - FBN launch own seed brand called F2F
Agricultural startup Farmers Business Network tried to break into selling other companies’ seeds online and found itself stymied. So today FBN launched its own seed brand, called F2F, which it will sell direct to farmers through its…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - MLA and HerdDogg pilot to improve overall animal health
HerdDogg, an innovator of precision livestock and remote animal health solutions, is partnering with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) for the largest real- time cattle health pilot ever conducted. The MLA-funded pilot will install…
Aug 18, 2018
Ag Tech Sunday - New app for maintenance for Farm Plant, Equipment and Vehicles
Along with his brother Peter, David farms more than 22,000 acres in northern New South Wales, growing wheat, chickpeas, faba beans, canola, barley and dryland cotton under a zero-till, controlled-traffic system.A NEW smartphone and…
Aug 18, 2018
Video - Two National Lamb records tumble at Griffith on Friday
Watch here the Spencer and Bennett footage of the Sale - https://www.facebook.com/spencerbennettypc/videos/2114468885538770/Congratulations to Mark Tabain for breaking the National Record with a whopping $318 for a pen of 58 lambs.…
Aug 18, 2018
Kedleston Park Merino's to $5000
Kedleston Park Merino Stud, Calivil, Vic held their Ram Sale on Friday.They offered up 44 Rams and sold 40 to an average of $2269. The top lot went for $5000 and the sale grossed $90,760 for the Humbert Family
Aug 18, 2018
Booroomooka Angus sell 218 to an average of $9036
The Munro family's Booroomooka Angus, Bingara, NSW, Bull Sale was held on Friday and what a Sale it wasThey offered up 218 Bulls and cleared the lot to a top of $28,000, lot 99, Booroomooka Marscay M570.The average for the Sale was…
Aug 18, 2018
Glenlea Park Merinos's average $2358 for 168 all sold
Glenlea Park Poll Merino Stud, Pinnaroo, SA, held their on-property on Friday. They offered 168 Rams and sold the lot to a top of $5800. The top lot was sold to Nareen Station, Coleraine, Vic.The average for the Sale was a very solid…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Drop in throughput not enough to shore up EYCI
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, Steiner, BOM, MecardoDeclining saleyard cattle volumes this week were not able to provide a floor to price movements for younger cattle with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) extending…
