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NHVR fine for carting hay across a road sparks outrage

A Victorian farmer fined $398 for carrying two bales of hay on his tractor forks across a road to feed sheep at the weekend will contest the NHVR action…Read More

Terry Sim, June 10, 2025

News

Despite rain, fodder squeeze tipped to linger into Sep

After widespread rain in Vic and SA, graziers are planning a careful switch from dry to green feed to ensure animal health is maintained…Read More

Liz Wells, June 10, 2025

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall report 10 June 2025 + outlook

Most Vic, SA, and WA grain-growing areas had much-needed rain in the week to today, and more is forecast for coming days…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 10, 2025

Markets

Ukraine spring seeding winds down

Adverse weather, including some prolonged dryness, trims Ukraine grain crop forecast 10 percent this year. Oilseeds output eases about 5pc…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 10, 2025

Cropping

Weekend rain bolsters prospects for Vic, SA crops

Widespread rain in SA and Vic has boosted prospects for an at least average winter crop, with some farms receiving their biggest single rain event in two years…Read More

Liz Wells, June 9, 2025

News

Man airlifted after entrapment in silo near Roma

A man in his eighties was airlifted to Roma Hospital on Sunday after becoming trapped in a silo containing fertiliser on a farm at Eurombah, Qld. ..Read More

Emma Alsop, June 9, 2025

Logistics

New locos, wagons lead Manildra’s $250M rail spend

Manildra Group is pushing ahead with a $250M investment in rail centred on new locomotives and wagons…Read More

Grain Central, June 9, 2025

Markets

Australia’s April chickpea, lentil exports dive

ABS data shows Australia exported 12,061t of chickpeas and 53,525t of lentils in April, down sharply from March as part of the usual yearly trend…Read More

Liz Wells, June 9, 2025

Property

Dalby’s Smarter Nutrition changes hands

Linda Rowley and Emma Alsop, June 9, 2025

Machinery

Top apprentices get Supercars pits passes

Grain Central, June 9, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 10 June 2025

Lachstock Consulting, June 10, 2025

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Growers hold ahead of forecast southern rain

Liz Wells, June 5, 2025

News

FarmFest shows how side-by-sides are shifting gear

Lydia Burton, Emma Alsop, Eric Barker and James Nason, June 5, 2025

News

Investigations under way into potential paraquat class action

Emma Alsop, June 5, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 5 June 2025

Northern hemisphere harvest market awaits header crop validation vis-à-vis forecasters. Local dryness skews Australian wheat deciles. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 5, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 6 June 2025

Canada endures heat, with rain on the forecast. US winter wheats receive heavy falls on some mature crops…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 6, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 10 June 2025

The speculator remains heavily short US grains and oilseeds. All eyes turn to follow-up as parts of South Australia and Victoria receive rain…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 10, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

35.4

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6517

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

11 Jun 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

3.62

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

351

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

351

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

791

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

351

Source: Lachstock Consulting

What readers are saying

Triple fungicide resistance detected in YP barley

Eliminating green bridge will make very little difference as the pathogen is principally stubble borne.....

Greg Platz

WA sheep pellets help counter SA’s feed drought

Delta Ag in Jamestown have been bringing stockfeed pellets from NSW for 6 months. The WA story is incomplete. How about giving Delta a mention?....

Ross Pearce

Locals acquire Roma stockfeed business

I wish you all the best..

Jaco van der Merwe

Federal Labor backs WA rail freight plans

We need to be in control of our rail network. Major cities should be connected by rail as they used to be, in many cases rails are still in....

Kennard Davey

NHVR fine for carting hay across a road sparks outrage

A Victorian farmer fined $398 for carrying two bales of hay on his tractor forks across a road to feed sheep at the weekend will contest the NHVR action…Read More

Terry Sim, June 10, 2025

Despite rain, fodder squeeze tipped to linger into Sep

After widespread rain in Vic and SA, graziers are planning a careful switch from dry to green feed to ensure animal health is maintained…Read More

Liz Wells, June 10, 2025

Man airlifted after entrapment in silo near Roma

A man in his eighties was airlifted to Roma Hospital on Sunday after becoming trapped in a silo containing fertiliser on a farm at Eurombah, Qld. ..Read More

Emma Alsop, June 9, 2025

FarmFest shows how side-by-sides are shifting gear

With a wide range of side-by-sides on show at FarmFest this week, Beef Central hit the stands to do some homework for those keen to strike a deal before June 30…Read More

Lydia Burton, Emma Alsop, Eric Barker and James Nason, June 5, 2025

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall report 10 June 2025 + outlook

Most Vic, SA, and WA grain-growing areas had much-needed rain in the week to today, and more is forecast for coming days…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 10, 2025

BOM weekly rainfall update 3 June 2025 + outlook

After a week which brought rain to Australia’s north-west and far east, southern cropping zones are forecast to receive a much-needed 10-50mm in the coming week…Read More

Guest Author, June 3, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 27 May 2025 + outlook

After a week which brought rain, including flooding in some coastal areas, to most of NSW, only light falls are forecast for parched parts of Vic and SA. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, May 27, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 20 May 2025 + outlook

The forecast to May 27 holds hope for more than 10mm of rain over most southern NSW growing areas, Vic’s Wimmera, and the southern reaches of SA growing areas…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, May 20, 2025

Cropping

Weekend rain bolsters prospects for Vic, SA crops

Widespread rain in SA and Vic has boosted prospects for an at least average winter crop, with some farms receiving their biggest single rain event in two years…Read More

Liz Wells, June 9, 2025

CQ sorghum harvest rolls on as winter-crop plant ramps up

CQ growers are busy wrapping up sorghum and mungbean harvests as winter-crop planting accelerates across the region…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 2, 2025

NW Qld crops flourish as Maxwelton project gathers pace

The season is looking promising for NW Qld with chickpea planting nearly complete and sorghum crops approaching harvest…Read More

Emma Alsop, May 28, 2025

Triple fungicide resistance detected in YP barley

YP barley growers should review their disease-management practices after samples of NFNB collected from local paddocks showed resistance to three widely used fungicide groups…Read More

Grain Central, May 19, 2025

Markets

Ukraine spring seeding winds down

Adverse weather, including some prolonged dryness, trims Ukraine grain crop forecast 10 percent this year. Oilseeds output eases about 5pc…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 10, 2025

Australia’s April chickpea, lentil exports dive

ABS data shows Australia exported 12,061t of chickpeas and 53,525t of lentils in April, down sharply from March as part of the usual yearly trend…Read More

Liz Wells, June 9, 2025

Daily Market Wire 10 June 2025

The speculator remains heavily short US grains and oilseeds. All eyes turn to follow-up as parts of South Australia and Victoria receive rain…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 10, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Growers hold ahead of forecast southern rain

Prices have moved little ahead of the much-anticipated opening rain for SA and Vic, and with the stronger dollar limiting interest in new export business…Read More

Liz Wells, June 5, 2025

Top apprentices get Supercars pits passes

A McIntosh & Sons Narrogin apprentice is one of six to get trackside at Supercars events this year through New Holland’s sponsorship of Red Bull Ampol Racing. ..Read More

Grain Central, June 9, 2025

Geringhoff front finds harvest fit with Tighe Ag

A Geringhoff front helped Tighe Ag maximise harvest efficiencies for direct-headed canola and lodged barley in a big and wet 2024-25 harvest…Read More

Grain Central, May 6, 2025

Vandersee talks cotton, consolidation, innovation

Bruce Vandersee talked customer service, cotton in northern Australia, and innovation, and not just from John Deere, to the Rural Press Club audience at the Toowoomba Showgrounds yesterday…Read More

Liz Wells, March 28, 2025

Software upgrades improve John Deere spray efficiency

Updated John Deere See & Spray Select software is now available in Australia to offer variable-rate applications via AutoTrac automation and ExactApply technologies…Read More

Grain Central, March 21, 2025

Property

Dalby’s Smarter Nutrition changes hands

Stockfeed manufacturer Smarter Nutrition at Dalby has sold to large-scale pig producer Andrew Reilly…Read More

Linda Rowley and Emma Alsop, June 9, 2025

Vic’s Summit sells, Cowra Station, Kendenup WA farms list

Vic’s Cowra Station and adjoining properties in Western Australia’s Kendenup region are on the market, while the 1950ha Summit Aggregation at Kotupna has sold locally…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 2, 2025

NSW scale, quality on offer with Tara Moira, Monwonga, Mitolo

Three large and productive NSW properties – Tara Moira at Trundle, Monwonga at Warroo, and the Mitolo Hillston Portfolio – are on the market…Read More

Linda Rowley, May 30, 2025

Longdarra Grains, Lake Grains storage sites list

Longdarra Grain Services at Barham and Lake Grains Storage Complex at Lake Cargelligo have come to market in NSW…Read More

Emma Alsop, May 28, 2025

AgCarbon Central

CBH joins Blue Visby post trial, receives first new wagons

Following successful trials, CBH will be shipping some of its Kwinana exports with Blue Visby, and in WA rail news, CBH Group has received its first batch of new wagons. ..Read More

Grain Central, January 20, 2025

ARENA supports GrainCorp’s expanding crush ambitions

ARENA has pledged $6.1M for GrainCorp’s study to investigate the establishment of a new oilseed-crushing facility…Read More

Grain Central, January 13, 2025

Projects in pipeline for grainbelt-made green nitrogen

Ahead of green ammonia coming to market in Australia, the Clean Green Ag and FarmLink trial in southern NSW, and Nitronic’s innovation in WA, are looking to the next generation of fertiliser…Read More

Liz Wells, December 11, 2024

Value key to getting growers on board with low-carbon fuels

Potential for growers to supply feedstock to the domestic LCLF producers was explored at a Bioenergy Australia summit in Perth earlier this month…Read More

Emma Alsop, October 31, 2024

Beef Central

Cattle Australia moving forward with national levy review

Cattle Australia is moving forward with plans to conduct a review of national cattle industry levy arrangements, as flagged at a conference in Darwin earlier this year...Read More

Top charity auction items up for grabs as part of AA Co’s Dolly’s Dream Long Lunch

The Australian Agricultural Co hosts its annual long lunch and charity auction in Brisbane this Thursday, as part of the company’s ongoing fundraising effort for the Dolly’s Dream foundation –..Read More

Looking for a graduate program placement in 2026? Here’s where to start

Each year, agribusiness companies offer graduate placements for university leavers to give promising young starters a taste of working life in the ag sector. However these opportunities are not always..Read More

Casterton sells two Kelpies for $17,500 in 2025 auction

Interstate demand set the pace at the 29th Premier Working Dog Auction at Casterton yesterday, where two Victorian kelpies made the top price of $17,500...Read More

Sheep Central

Outrage at $398 fine for carting hay across a road on a tractor

A VICTORIAN farmer fined almost $400 for carrying two bales of hay on his tractor forks across a road to feed sheep at the weekend will contest the National Heavy..Read More

Casterton sells two Kelpies for $17,500 in 2025 auction

INTERSTATE demand set the pace at the 29th Premier Working Dog Auction at Casterton yesterday, where two Victorian kelpies made the top price of $17,500...Read More

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 9 June 2025

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 15-50 mm, with locally higher totals, were recorded across western parts of Western Australia, south-eastern South Australia, most of Victoria and Tasmania, areas of northern New..Read More

Weekend rain bolsters prospects for Victoria and SA crops

WEEKEND rain over most South Australian and Victorian cropping regions has boosted prospects for an at least average winter crop, with some farms receiving their biggest single rain event in..Read More