Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards – Week ending 17th August 2018
By Olivia Agar | Source: Mecardo, RiemannThe Australian dollar has continued its downward trajectory, with no signs of a turnaround in the short-term. This is providing some support to overseas buyers, keeping the futures active while…
Aug 17, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - US to take the task
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, MecardoWe are starting to get through the northern hemisphere weather window and the crop condition is now largely known. European Union and Black Sea exports are going to decline and locally we can…
Aug 17, 2018
Smokin’: the strategy behind emerging Tassie icon’s monumental export growth
When BJ Plummer was handed the reins of acclaimed Tasmanian smoked seafood producer Woodbridge Smokehouse, he was instructed not to ‘mess around’ with the brand. We spoke to Plummer about his strategy, which has seen export revenue…
Aug 17, 2018
EMI up 126c/kg in an astonishing week for Wool
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolA lower national offering of just over 36,000 bales and a decline in the Australian dollar trading at below 73 US cents was enough to attract strong overseas demand on the wool market this week.The Eastern…
Aug 16, 2018
Value-based pricing through DEXA can deliver up to $20 added value per carcase
A shift to value-based pricing brought on by the adoption of DEXA technology at meat processing plants could deliver up to $20 per carcase in added value to the supply chain.Historically, the industry has used a simple measure of…
Aug 16, 2018
Injunction threat for Live Export addressed - Littleproud
The threat of a court injunction stopping live export ships from leaving port has been addressed after Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud signed a regulation today.The concern was an activist group could lodge a court injunction…
Aug 16, 2018
How best to graze unsuccessful crops
* Grazing management is essential to ration feed and maintain ground cover * Do a feed budget * Livestock management is about monitoring livestock condition, soil cover and pasture growth. Do not put stock in a paddock and…
Aug 16, 2018
Georgie Somerset heads up new leadership team at AgForce Queensland
AgForce Queensland will transition to a new leadership team later this year with South Burnett cattle producer Georgie Somerset to become the new General President after Grant Maudsley chose not to re-nominate for the position following…
Aug 16, 2018
Case IH pump up the tyres ahead of next week Ag Quip Field Days
Case IH showcased the future at last year’s AgQuip with its Autonomous Concept Vehicle (ACV), and this year that theme continues, but with a focus on a new technology platform that will give farmers the answers they need at the touch…
Aug 16, 2018
Hazeldean Angus Northern Sale hits a high note of $15,500
Hazeldean Angus held their Northern Performance Bull Sale on Thursday at Jackson, QldA full clearance of 122 Bulls sold on the day.The top lot was lot 29, Hazeldean M995, which made $15,500 and sold to AJM PastoralThe average for…
Aug 16, 2018
Video - $306 a record at Wagga Sheep and Lambs
Tim Pattison from Riverina Livestock Agents with this weeks reportWatch here - https://www.facebook.com/RLAwaggawagga/videos/1086122598219927/http://www.riverinaagents.com.au/
Aug 16, 2018
Wool SMI up 22 cents after rising 98 cent yesterday
AWEX KareeWool market report South - Aug 16IND: 2087 +2218: 2659 +3819: 2459 +1020: 2387 +2221: 2367 +722: 2350 +1623: 2308 +1128: 984 +25MC: 1558 +19PI: 0.8%http://www.kareewool.com.au/
Aug 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Non-mulesed and pain relief wool volumes reviewed
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, ICSThe issue of mulesing and animal rights continues to bubble along in the supply chain. The concrete proof of this is the existence of contracts for non-mulesed wool, generally outside of the auction…
Aug 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Dry drives cattle into feedlots
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, ALFA & MecardoThe latest figures from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Australian Lot Feeders Association (ALFA) show the numbers of cattle on feed are at new record highs. The figures to the…
Aug 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - A reversal of fortune for WA producers
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, MecardoThe first quarter of 2018 was characterised by above normal price behaviour for many categories of lamb and sheep in Western Australia when compared to the Eastern markets. However, uncertainty…
Aug 16, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Not to be missed charts
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, MecardoIt’s been a rollercoaster month as the drought has started to really hit and the reality of a failed crop in NSW. It’s time to look at these prices from a historical & seasonal perspective.…
Aug 15, 2018
Ridgway Advance Poll Merino's average $2251
Ridgway Advance Poll Merino Stud, Bordertown, SA, held their Ram Sale on WednesdayThe offered 160 Rams in total and sold 154 to a top price of $5200.The sale average was a very good $2251 and overall it grossed $346,654 for David,…
Aug 15, 2018
Sherlock Poll Merinos to a top of $6000
Wes Titley's Sherlock Poll Stud, Sherlock, SA held their on-property Ram Sale on Tuesday.They offered up 95 Rams and sold 83 to a top price of $6000. The Ram was sold to Glencorrie Pty Ltd, Maitland, SA.The average for the Sale was…
Aug 15, 2018
Creating a more frost resistant Chickpea
New research by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) aims to identify chickpea lines which will tolerate cool temperatures, potentially adding up to $81 million in value each year to the northern grains region.The research…
Aug 15, 2018
The Laguna Bay Pastoral Company buy up eight family Dairies in Tassie for $50 million
By Lynda KiernanThe Laguna Bay Pastoral Company has made a significant move in the Tasmanian dairy sector, acquiring eight dairy farms via its Laguna Bay Agricultural Fund I at a value exceeding $50 million.Each farm was bought from…
