Jul 31, 2024
This is pissing Sheep and Lamb producers off - Ballarat
Yarding: 15,745 Lamb numbers decreased to 10,359 penned, quality was again patchy, well-presented lambs with good weight cover and finish were in limited supply. A large portion of the yarding were plainer secondary types. Not all…
Jul 31, 2024
More of this please
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. More of this please - I see where the Dowerin Machinery Field Day organising crew put on a luncheon in the Perth CBD and…
Jul 30, 2024
Türkiye’s wheat import ban may be extended…
By Peter McMeekin Strong rumours circulated in international grain markets late last week that Türkiye may extend its wheat import ban beyond the previously announced October 15 end date. The speculation suggested that imports…
Jul 30, 2024
Off the pace at Bendigo
Yarding - 16,380 Lamb numbers declined and so did quality which fed into a sale that performed around lamb presentation and finish. The best trade or supermarket style lambs held their value but plainer types were cheaper which…
Jul 29, 2024
How do we create more margin?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. How do we create more margin? - We tell ourselves that we are price takers and we operate in a commodity world where prices…
Jul 26, 2024
The downward trend continued at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 67,800 This week saw a very mixed quality yarding with lighter weight lambs in plain condition. Not all export buyers were operating while other export companies did not participate fully. Most of the demand for domestic…
Jul 25, 2024
Do we have a moral obligation?
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Do we have a moral obligation? - It seems to be the start of the buying-up-of-Land-to-grow-trees-for-carbon-credits era.…
Jul 25, 2024
Me and the 9G
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Me and the 9G - A Farmer told me how he ran the gauntlet rather than paying the insurance and rego on the Truck as he ran…
Jul 24, 2024
Hay Report - Hay industry wish list
For the fortnight up to the 24th of July 2024. By Dwain Duxson The Australian Fodder Industry Association (AFIA) annual conference is on as we write, and unfortunately, we couldn't get there this year. This…
Jul 24, 2024
Greatest Ag marketing campaign ever
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Greatest Ag marketing campaign ever - We wrote about pulling up supplying our Farm goods for a week a while ago. Just the…
Jul 24, 2024
Cheaper trend continues at Ballarat
Yarding: 21,860 Numbers dropped to 11,950. The quality was patchy, the majority of the yarding were plainer secondary types with limited numbers of lambs with good cover and finish. Most of the usual buyers were present but not all…
Jul 23, 2024
Cereal Harvest bonanza on the cards for Kazakhstan…
By Peter McMeekin This year’s winter and spring cereal harvest in Kazakhstan is set to be the biggest in thirteen years, with a warmer and wetter-than-average autumn and winter laying a solid foundation. Above-average rainfall…
Jul 23, 2024
Unfortunatly a weaker market at Bendigo
Yarding - 23,710 Weaker market across lamb and mutton categories. Lambs above 20kg cwt lost $10 to $20/head compared to a week ago, while lighter stock eased $5 to $14. The trend in the sheep was similar with heavy mutton pulled…
Jul 21, 2024
The two big WA Co-Operatives
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Jul 20, 2024
The rise of the Farm Consultant
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. The rise of the Farm Consultant - In business outside Farming, the Consultant is king. Nearly every industry readily uses consultants…
Jul 19, 2024
Lambs off the boil at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 66,900 Lamb prices came off the boil by $10 to $20/head as more numbers came into the system, 49,400 head at Wagga Wagga for an increase of 10,000 on a week ago. Also factors in the weaker trend was a drop in quality…
Jul 19, 2024
Looking after many
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. Looking after many - We asked the question on our sister publication, The Farmers Club, where various commodity prices need…
Jul 17, 2024
Heavy Export Lambs to $356 at Ballarat
Yarding: 26,484 Lamb numbers decreased slightly to 16,321. Quality was plain to very good over the lighter weight and plainer lambs, while the heavy trade and heavy export lambs presented in excellent condition mostly off supplementary…
Jul 16, 2024
When Donald Ducked
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson. When Donald Ducked - We all know what happened over the weekend, and unbelievably, it probably sealed old Trump's passage…
