Chickpeas’ rise to prominence as a mainstream crop throughout the northern farming zone has been due, in no small part, to the efforts and expertise of NSW DPI plant pathologist, Kevin Moore…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 7, 2021
Buyers in eastern Australia bid strongly, faced world markets which refuse to go down and southern fears of Mallee and Wimmera region dryness dusting up Australia’s otherwise optimistic start to the winter cropping season…Read More
Henry Wells, May 6, 2021
Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly quiz…Read More
Grain Central, May 7, 2021
The market for WA cropping and mixed-farming country has seen a run of sales and leasing ahead of the winter-cropping season as growers look to expand area and investors see the value in agricultural land in the west…Read More
Liz Wells, May 5, 2021
If Australian cotton was to be spun into a single origin yarn, it could capture added value as an environmental and socially responsibly produced fabric, according to Nuffield Scholar, Tamara Uebergang,..Read More
Grain Central, May 6, 2021
All markets made strong gains again overnight. World food prices marked the highest since 2014. Australian rain forecasts looking, conditionally, encouraging…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 7, 2021
Australian farmland prices are expected to continue to rise in the current low interest rate-high commodity price environment, according to industry analysts…Read More
Terry Sim, May 6, 2021Canadian farmers shifted to canola and barley at the expense of wheat, oats and pulses, in the current winter/spring cropping cycle, according to a farmers’ planting intentions survey published by Statistics Canada…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, May 4, 2021Cotton Australia has nudged up its estimate for this season’s cotton production to “2.7 million bales and rising” as pickers move through crops from Central Queensland to southern NSW…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 5, 2021Despite bigger grain crops worldwide this year, and higher demand leaving closing stocks overall unchanged, corn stock would shrink to a nine year low…Read More
Grain Central, May 5, 2021The market for WA cropping and mixed-farming country has seen a run of sales and leasing ahead of the winter-cropping season as growers look to expand area and investors see the value in agricultural land in the west…Read More
Liz Wells, May 5, 2021Buyers in eastern Australia bid strongly, faced world markets which refuse to go down and southern fears of Mallee and Wimmera region dryness dusting up Australia’s otherwise optimistic start to the winter cropping season…Read More
Henry Wells, May 6, 2021Friday’s futures rally hard, especially corn. Brazil’s late crop, safrinha, corn shrinks. Optimistic forecasts emerge for some US winter and spring wheat crops and over most of Western Australia’s wheat belt…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 3, 2021Corn sentiment drove all markets firmer again overnight. Canola remained Australia’s top performer, reaching new season price highs. ..Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 5, 2021Chickpeas’ rise to prominence as a mainstream crop throughout the northern farming zone has been due, in no small part, to the efforts and expertise of NSW DPI plant pathologist, Kevin Moore…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 7, 2021Canola maintained strong gains again overnight. Fresh barley and wheat export consumptive business appears parity with nearby Australian cash bids. WA revels in rain, optimistic eastern Australia still dry in parts…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 6, 2021Markets were volatile. World wheat production becoming secure, the corn balance sheet is yet to crystallise. Australian market attracting current crop nearby logistics premiums and solid new crop canola bids…Read More
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Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly quiz…Read More
Grain Central, May 7, 2021
Cotton Australia has nudged up its estimate for this season’s cotton production to “2.7 million bales and rising” as pickers move through crops from Central Queensland to southern NSW…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 5, 2021
Riordan Grain Services has innovated Australia’s direct farm-to-vessel exports, and this week loaded its one millionth tonne of bulk grain…Read More
Grain Central, April 29, 2021
Farmers will need to balance their strategies as commodities such as wheat are likely to see a gradual decline in prices over the coming years as they return to ‘normal’ levels…Read More
Grain Central, April 30, 2021
Rain was recorded around most of the coast and inland areas of Australia over the past week, except in the north-west and South Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, May 5, 2021
A tool developed by the Northern Australia Climate Program to help primary producers forecast meaningful rain events is on track to be rolled out via BoM next year…Read More
Liz Wells, May 4, 2021
A surface trough along the north-east coast of Queensland produced heavy rainfall between Cairns and Ingham, and moderate falls across the southern Cape York Peninsula and northern interior of Qld, while a cold front across southern Australia generated light falls on parts of the southern coast of WA and SA…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, April 28, 2021
Troughs brought rain to Western Australia’s Pilbara and north-eastern New South Wales, heavy falls in Queensland’s North Tropical Coast, while cold fronts produced moderate rainfall in western Tasmania…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, April 21, 2021
Chickpeas’ rise to prominence as a mainstream crop throughout the northern farming zone has been due, in no small part, to the efforts and expertise of NSW DPI plant pathologist, Kevin Moore…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 7, 2021
If Australian cotton was to be spun into a single origin yarn, it could capture added value as an environmental and socially responsibly produced fabric, according to Nuffield Scholar, Tamara Uebergang,..Read More
Grain Central, May 6, 2021
Cotton Australia has nudged up its estimate for this season’s cotton production to “2.7 million bales and rising” as pickers move through crops from Central Queensland to southern NSW…Read More
Neil Lyon, May 5, 2021
Prospects for forage oats plantings are looking promising this year with crops in NSW and western Queensland well up and away, while plantings on the inner Downs are just getting under way…Read More
James Nason, April 30, 2021
Buyers in eastern Australia bid strongly, faced world markets which refuse to go down and southern fears of Mallee and Wimmera region dryness dusting up Australia’s otherwise optimistic start to the winter cropping season…Read More
Henry Wells, May 6, 2021
All markets made strong gains again overnight. World food prices marked the highest since 2014. Australian rain forecasts looking, conditionally, encouraging…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 7, 2021
Canola maintained strong gains again overnight. Fresh barley and wheat export consumptive business appears parity with nearby Australian cash bids. WA revels in rain, optimistic eastern Australia still dry in parts…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, May 6, 2021
Despite bigger grain crops worldwide this year, and higher demand leaving closing stocks overall unchanged, corn stock would shrink to a nine year low…Read More
Grain Central, May 5, 2021
The ACCC has found that competition in after-sales farm machinery markets would be improved if independent repairers had access to software, tools and parts on fair and reasonable commercial terms…Read More
Grain Central, May 4, 2021
March has delivered another stellar month for sales of agricultural tractors with a 64 per cent rise on the same month last year…Read More
Grain Central, April 19, 2021
Australia’s largest Case IH dealer, O’Connors, has announced its expansion into central and western Victoria with the purchase of Agrimac locations in Ballarat and St Arnaud…Read More
Grain Central, April 13, 2021
The Australian agriculture sector is capitalising on improved seasonal conditions and government incentives including the instant asset write-off scheme to invest in farm equipment…Read More
Grain Central, April 12, 2021
The market for WA cropping and mixed-farming country has seen a run of sales and leasing ahead of the winter-cropping season as growers look to expand area and investors see the value in agricultural land in the west…Read More
Liz Wells, May 5, 2021
Australian farmland prices are expected to continue to rise in the current low interest rate-high commodity price environment, according to industry analysts…Read More
Terry Sim, May 6, 2021
Prices for cropping and mixed-farming country in the Victorian Mallee are hitting new highs as its reliability attracts a range of buyers including expanding locals, diversifying southerners and the Canadian-Australian joint venture Excel Farms…Read More
Liz Wells, April 23, 2021
South Callandoon has sold to an Australian buyer to highlight the demand for border country as a producer of cotton, cattle and winter crops…Read More
Liz Wells, April 15, 2021
Walking through Beef 2021’s vast commercial trade exhibits area this week, the smell of money was palpable, as cashed-up cattle producers go on what amounts to a buying frenzy...Read More
An Iowa farmer who took Burger King to task over its portrayal of beef has urged the Australian industry to amplify its own voice in a proactive way to counter..Read More
Beef Central publisher and co-founder Jon Condon has been honoured for a distinguished 40-year-career in rural journalism at the Beef 2021 in Rockhampton...Read More
The interbreed awards were the culmination of three days of judging of 1400 cattle from 331 studs which saw the top honours hotly contested...Read More
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AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation chair Colette Garnsey will be the keynote speaker at the annual superfine wool growers’ association dinner and farm tour next month...Read More
AUSTRALIAN wool growers reacted quickly to reduced prices at auctions this week, passing in more than 15 percent of the national offering...Read More
AGRICULTURAL economist Paul Deane feels like he has come home to his roots with his appointment as the new executive director for the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of..Read More