Dec 20, 2024
Half a market at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 32,400 In the final lamb sale of the year, numbers saw a decline. There was a noticeable decrease in quality, prompting buyers to increase their bids for well-presented lambs. Shorn lambs were particularly in demand. Despite…
Dec 18, 2024
Bidding electric at Ballarat
Yarding: 53,342 For the last sale for the year, Lamb numbers remained similar to last week with 40,000 drawn for. Quality again had a wide range, with a large portion of lighter weights and plainer secondary types. There was a limited…
Dec 17, 2024
Row-crop production outlook bright for Brazil in 2025…
By Peter McMeekin As the soybean and first crop corn planting programs wind down in Brazil under generally favourable seeding and plant establishment conditions, the 2024/25 season production outlook is pointing toward a huge harvest…
Dec 17, 2024
Some pre Christmas joy at Bendigo
Yarding - 23,162 Heavy sheep gave the Christmas joy at Bendigo for the last sale of the year, gaining $10 to $20/head with big crossbred ewes to $164 and young Merino ewes to $180/head. Lamb price varied depending on quality, buyers…
Dec 13, 2024
Big prices gains across the board at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 62,000 On the back of last weeks dearer market numbers lifted for both sheep and lambs. The standout of the yarding was the lack of weight with agents offering very few lambs over 26kg cwt. This set the stage for a robust…
Dec 11, 2024
Hay Report - Saving Hay for Ron
For the fortnight up to the 11th of December 2024. By Dwain Duxson The Hay job is a bit all over the shop right now. It can get like that sometimes, and it does because there is never any handle on the job at any one…
Dec 11, 2024
The trajectory up continued at Ballarat
Yarding: 59,708 Lamb numbers jumped this week to 40,000 drawn for. Quality had a wide range from plain to excellent with limited extra heavy lambs offered, however, shorn young lambs presented very well and were in high demand. All…
Dec 10, 2024
Mixed fortunes for Canadian Farmers in 2024…
By Peter McMeekin Statistics Canada's final field crop survey for 2024 reveals a season of mixed fortunes for Canadian farmers, with wheat, oats, soybean and pulse production showing robust growth alongside output declines in…
Dec 10, 2024
Mostly dearer at Bendigo
Yarding - 31,830 More numbers in the countdown to the Christmas break, with just one more sale left at Bendigo for this year. There was 20,300 lambs yarded and 11,500 sheep to be up nearly 10,000 head on a week ago. Aside from the…
Dec 06, 2024
$10/kg barrier broken at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 48,000 The market dynamics showed stronger competition among buyers, particularly in a smaller yarding where the pressure to secure heavier lambs became evident. With each agent offering a limited selection of heavy lambs,…
Dec 04, 2024
Strong right across at Ballarat
Yarding: 55,296Lamb numbers slipped by 10,000 this week to 31,000 penned, quality was similar to a week ago, with a limited offering of heavy lambs with good weight and finish. All the usual buying group attended in a stronger market…
Dec 03, 2024
Russia announces wheat export quota…
By Peter McMeekin With domestic food inflation rising and wheat stocks rapidly dwindling, the Russian government has announced a significant reduction to its 2025 wheat export quota and increased export duties to preserve domestic…
Dec 03, 2024
Supply down prices up at Bendigo
Yarding - 21,985 Lamb supply went down, quality declined and prices were dearer. 15,685 lambs were yarded to be down nearly 4000 head on a week ago. Once again lambs with weight above 26kg cwt were in limited supply, and there was…
Nov 30, 2024
Lack of buyers at Wagga Wagga
Yarding - 53,000 Recent wet weather across the supply area has influenced the lamb market, affecting supply levels. While the wet conditions posed challenges for producers, it also led to an improvement in the quality of the lambs…
Nov 27, 2024
Hay Report - Freight costs bite
For the fortnight up to the 27th of November 2024. By Dwain Duxson We all know that the Hay industry is a feast of famine one, and right now, we are probably about in the middle of those two extremes. Hay demand is thereabouts,…
Nov 27, 2024
A bounce for Mutton at Ballarat
Yarding: 60,709 Lamb numbers remained similar with over 41,000 drawn for. Quality improved over the lighter weights, there was more shape and cover through most categories and freshness in the skins. However, there is still a drop…
Nov 26, 2024
Dry season keeps a lid on Argentina’s winter Crop output…
By Peter McMeekin While there were some excellent rainfall events across parts of Argentina's winter cropping area in late October and the first three weeks of this month, it has not been enough to halt a decline in the production…
Nov 26, 2024
Heavy Lamb price accelerate at Bendigo
Yarding - 31,045 Lamb supply reduced to 19,395 head around 5000 less than a week ago. Quality continues to decline and the yarding did have a lot of rain on it overnight which didn’t help presentation. Once again the talking…
Nov 25, 2024
Clear direction
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Clear direction - Our Ag industry bodies cop it a fair bit, and some of it’s warranted because they…
Nov 23, 2024
Formerly Agworld
To receive this newsletter in your inbox each day, just register with Farm Tender here. By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast Formerly Agworld - Many of you would know Agworld, the Cropping software management system. Some of you…
