The world’s strictest gluten-free labelling laws are locking Australian growers out of supplying the niche domestic market and potentially exporting specially grown and handled oats. ..Read More
Liz Wells, April 9, 2021
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has become the first of eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation hubs to be tasked with helping farmers and regional communities better prepare for future droughts…Read More
Neil Lyon, April 9, 2021
Prices for current and new-crop feedgrain and cottonseed have fallen by up to $10 per tonne this week amid brightened prospects for cotton and late-planted sorghum, and a buoyant outlook for the winter crop now being planted…Read More
Liz Wells, April 8, 2021
The price for canola at the moment is pretty good isn’t it? Or is it? The question is, are the current prices on offer as good as they appear?..Read More
A survey of NSW farmers by the University of New England has found that four in five, or 80.8pc, reported having been a victim of some type of farm crime…Read More
Kyle J.D. Mulrooney and Alistair Harkness, University of New England, April 9, 2021
Ahead of Friday’s WASDE report, strong corn markets led all boards firmer. Australia is forecasting rain in the west…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, April 9, 2021
The Riverine Plains farming systems group has completed a project looking into the viability and practicality of increasing soil carbon for trading through the Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund…Read More
Grain Central, April 9, 2021The world’s strictest gluten-free labelling laws are locking Australian growers out of supplying the niche domestic market and potentially exporting specially grown and handled oats. ..Read More
Liz Wells, April 9, 2021Three solid seasons on the trot are rebuilding faith in the Upper Namoi region as a profitable double-cropping region now that recent rain is pushing the New South Wales drought to the back of the market’s mind…Read More
Liz Wells, April 7, 2021The USDA stunned global grain markets yet again last week with the release of its planting intentions for this year’s US corn and soybean campaign, sending futures prices sharply higher across the board…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, April 6, 2021A man whose arm became trapped in an auger on a farm in the Goondiwindi region in southern Queensland was flown to hospital in a serious but stable condition…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021Tuesday’s grains markets were mixed and oilseeds values firmed. Rain is forecast to reach Western Australian cropping areas this week. ..Read More
Lachstock Consulting, April 7, 2021The price for canola at the moment is pretty good isn’t it? Or is it? The question is, are the current prices on offer as good as they appear?..Read More
Andrew Whitelaw, Thomas Elder Markets, April 8, 2021The APVMA has issued an Emergency Use Permit (EUP) to allow the supply and emergency use of the agvet chemical, Fawligen, against the invasive crop pest, fall armyworm…Read More
Grain Central, April 6, 2021A new, two-year project in Western Australia will delve into potential herbicides other than glyphosate to control summer weeds and for pre-cropping knockdown treatments…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly quiz…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021Prices for current and new-crop feedgrain and cottonseed have fallen by up to $10 per tonne this week amid brightened prospects for cotton and late-planted sorghum, and a buoyant outlook for the winter crop now being planted…Read More
Liz Wells, April 8, 2021The Australian wheat yields are not directly comparable with many other countries, particularly those in the northern Hemisphere. Much of the Australian grain belt has no real winter (unlike much....
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The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has become the first of eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation hubs to be tasked with helping farmers and regional communities better prepare for future droughts…Read More
Neil Lyon, April 9, 2021
A survey of NSW farmers by the University of New England has found that four in five, or 80.8pc, reported having been a victim of some type of farm crime…Read More
Kyle J.D. Mulrooney and Alistair Harkness, University of New England, April 9, 2021
Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly quiz…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
A man whose arm became trapped in an auger on a farm in the Goondiwindi region in southern Queensland was flown to hospital in a serious but stable condition…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
At the start of the week, a monsoon trough developed to the north of Australia, and produced moderate rainfall in the north Kimberley in WA; the far north Top End in the NT, the north Cape York Peninsula, and north tropical coast in Qld. Onshore flows generated light to moderate rainfall from the central and south coast of Qld to the north and central coast of NSW…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, April 7, 2021
The La Niña weather pattern, which began in September 2020 and led to widespread heavy rains throughout the eastern seaboard in early March, is beginning to fade, turning rainfall prospects to neutral…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 31, 2021
A low pressure system and associated cold front brought moderate rainfall to eastern New South Wales and the far south-east of the country, while thunderstorms and showers in northern Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, March 31, 2021
April to June is likely to be wetter than average across the tropical north of Australia, extending from northern WA across to northern Queensland…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, March 26, 2021
The Riverine Plains farming systems group has completed a project looking into the viability and practicality of increasing soil carbon for trading through the Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund…Read More
Grain Central, April 9, 2021
A new, two-year project in Western Australia will delve into potential herbicides other than glyphosate to control summer weeds and for pre-cropping knockdown treatments…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
The move to enhanced efficiency fertilisers such as eNpower from Incitec Pivot Fertilisers is gathering pace in higher rainfall zones…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
“I leverage synergies” “I monetise leveraged synergies” “I initiate synergy monetisation strategies” Never ask a marketing executive what they do for a living! But if a weed researcher such as..Read More
Peter Newman, AHRI, April 6, 2021
The world’s strictest gluten-free labelling laws are locking Australian growers out of supplying the niche domestic market and potentially exporting specially grown and handled oats. ..Read More
Liz Wells, April 9, 2021
Prices for current and new-crop feedgrain and cottonseed have fallen by up to $10 per tonne this week amid brightened prospects for cotton and late-planted sorghum, and a buoyant outlook for the winter crop now being planted…Read More
Liz Wells, April 8, 2021
The price for canola at the moment is pretty good isn’t it? Or is it? The question is, are the current prices on offer as good as they appear?..Read More
Andrew Whitelaw, Thomas Elder Markets, April 8, 2021
Ahead of Friday’s WASDE report, strong corn markets led all boards firmer. Australia is forecasting rain in the west…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, April 9, 2021
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a recall notice on 490 Suzuki Australia quad bikes sold in Australia, stating that they were sold without appropriate safety information and reflectors…Read More
Grain Central, March 26, 2021
A collaboration between John Deere and the University of Southern Queensland has led to the development of vision-based precision spray technology…Read More
Grain Central, March 15, 2021
Australia has registered record tractor sales for the past 12 consecutive months, 34 per cent ahead on an annualised basis compared to the same time last year. ..Read More
Grain Central, March 11, 2021
John Deere has affirmed the right of Australian farmers to repair the company’s range of tractors and machinery, but draws the line at producers modifying equipment…Read More
Neil Lyon, February 25, 2021
Three solid seasons on the trot are rebuilding faith in the Upper Namoi region as a profitable double-cropping region now that recent rain is pushing the New South Wales drought to the back of the market’s mind…Read More
Liz Wells, April 7, 2021
Dryland and irrigated cropping and mixed-farming country is being snapped up by family operations as low interest rates encourage expansion…Read More
Liz Wells, March 31, 2021
Two grain businesses at opposite ends of the NSW cropping belt are for sale from separate vendors, and each offers the new buyer the opportunity to expand or gain a foothold in country trading and handling…Read More
Grain Central, March 17, 2021
Prime Darling Downs farming country in parcels large and small is coming to the market this autumn, underpinned by its soils’ legendary ability to produce winter and summer crops…Read More
Liz Wells, March 15, 2021
It surely is the best and worst of times for beef processors in North America and Australia, respectively, Beef Central's monthly US market commentator Steve Kay suggests. Australian processors’ struggles..Read More
In country towns around Australia old footy boots are being dusted off and middle-aged legs are being pushed through laps of local ovals as a team of cattle industry identities..Read More
There has been a sharp surge in new jobs listings across Australian business and industry in the past couple of months – and agriculture is one of the leaders of..Read More
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has become the first of eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation hubs to be tasked with helping farmers and regional communities better prepare for..Read More
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation intends to find a way around a performance review recommendation for a 10-year director term limit for at least one sitting director, even as it asks shareholders..Read More
AUSTRALIAN sheep will need to vaccinated just once for scabby mouth to be eligible for export to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under a new pathway announced this week...Read More
THE Australian Wool Exchange has rejected a call from brokers and exporters to extend the submission period for the National Wool Declaration review...Read More
There has been a sharp surge in new jobs listings across Australian business and industry in the past couple of months – and agriculture is one of the leaders of..Read More