Shareholders at today’s GrainCorp annual general meeting heard the company is ready to set up facilities in India, that several companies were interested in buying parts of the GrainCorp portfoilio, and that LTAP was still interested in buying the lot…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019
More than 270 people attended the GRDC Grains Research Update in Wagga Wagga, NSW, this week to catch up on the latest agronomic news and acknowledge the achievements of their industry peers…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019
Young agtech entrepreneur Sam Duncan has made a pitch at the evokeAG conference in Melbourne for funding support for an app he’s developed to simplify and streamline soil testing…Read More
Terry Sim, February 20, 2019
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) will invest $74 million in Australia’s first plant to produce sulphate of potash near Newman in Western Australia…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019
A cold front and pre-frontal trough brought light falls to southern Victoria, and moderate falls in western Tasmania. Thunderstorms and showers produced light to moderate falls across northern Australia throughout the week…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, February 20, 2019
US wheat futures markets fell 3 per cent overnight as an amalgam of US dollar strength, investor fear and US wheat export stats continuing to fall short of target. Australia faces another week with no useful rain forecast…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, February 20, 2019
US wheat futures markets fell 3 per cent overnight as an amalgam of US dollar strength, investor fear and US wheat export stats continuing to fall short of target. Australia faces another week with no useful rain forecast…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, February 20, 2019
Droughts in Australia and parts of Europe in 2018 underpinned global barley values last year, but those higher prices cut demand as consumers turned to cheaper corn. ..Read More
Peter McMeekin, February 19, 2019
Presidents’ Day saw US futures markets shut for the long weekend while cash US wheat continued to show signs of buying its way to compete. Barley remained rudderless…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, February 19, 2019
Bangladesh is the lone market for bulk Australian chickpeas, but strength in new-crop bids suggest there may be more volume customers later in the year…Read More
Liz Wells, February 18, 2019
Australian grain growers are set to reap benefits of a $50 million venture capital fund to draw the best and brightest tech start-ups from across the globe to focus on innovative solutions for grain growers’ hardest to solve problems…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019
Shareholders at today’s GrainCorp annual general meeting heard the company is ready to set up facilities in India, that several companies were interested in buying parts of the GrainCorp portfoilio, and that LTAP was still interested in buying the lot…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019Great article and right on the changes in the industry..., a hearty congratulations to you Terry... Cheers..
Jeff PriccoThis is a great video and story of just how fantastic agribusiness is in Australia. Thanks...
Tim BurrowGet it done GrainCorp. Let us stay in Australian hands. Let LTAP buy. Australian's for Australia. Us Aussies will invest. Just tell us when and where and it's done. Anything to benefit the..
Rob WingroveConservation Farmers Inc has played a significant role for 30 plus years as a farmer oriented NGO promoting conservation farming in NE Australia. It was initially part funded by..
Ronald Esdaile
Shareholders at today’s GrainCorp annual general meeting heard the company is ready to set up facilities in India, that several companies were interested in buying parts of the GrainCorp portfoilio, and that LTAP was still interested in buying the lot…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) will invest $74 million in Australia’s first plant to produce sulphate of potash near Newman in Western Australia…Read More
Grain Central, February 20, 2019
Australian grain growers are set to reap benefits of a $50 million venture capital fund to draw the best and brightest tech start-ups from across the globe to focus on innovative solutions for grain growers’ hardest to solve problems…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019
Drier and warmer than average seasonal conditions in cropping regions in Queensland and northern New South Wales during December and January reduced prospects of summer crop production in 2018–19, according to the latest Australian Crop Report…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019
A cold front and pre-frontal trough brought light falls to southern Victoria, and moderate falls in western Tasmania. Thunderstorms and showers produced light to moderate falls across northern Australia throughout the week…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, February 20, 2019
The Bureau of Meteorology’s ‘first look’ at conditions for March through to May indicates that rainfall is likely to be below average for much of northern Australia, with warmer than average days and nights very likely across the country.
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An embedded tropical low on the monsoon tough produced very heavy falls in the Gulf Country and Queensland’s northern interior. The highest weekly total was 505 mm at Paluma Ivy Cottage, northwest of Townsville in Queensland…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, February 13, 2019
The Bureau of Meteorology’s ENSO Outlook remains at El Niño WATCH, meaning there is approximately a 50 per cent chance of El Niño developing during the southern hemisphere autumn or winter. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is neutral…Read More
Grain Central, February 6, 2019
Young agtech entrepreneur Sam Duncan has made a pitch at the evokeAG conference in Melbourne for funding support for an app he’s developed to simplify and streamline soil testing…Read More
Terry Sim, February 20, 2019
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has developed a smelting process to produce soluble phosphate for fertiliser from low value ores, eliminating hazardous waste and making production more economically and environmentally sustainable…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019
Drier and warmer than average seasonal conditions in cropping regions in Queensland and northern New South Wales during December and January reduced prospects of summer crop production in 2018–19, according to the latest Australian Crop Report…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019
Quality planting seed for the 2019 chickpea crop may be in short supply due to a shortage of chickpea seed from the depleted 2018 crop when less than 10 per cent of the normal area was planted – and even less harvested…Read More
Neil Lyon, February 18, 2019
US wheat futures markets fell 3 per cent overnight as an amalgam of US dollar strength, investor fear and US wheat export stats continuing to fall short of target. Australia faces another week with no useful rain forecast…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, February 20, 2019
With both its bunker sites complete, T-Ports is almost ready to receive grain to supply to its Lucky Bay terminal in South Australia which it expects will be ready to start operations in time for this year’s harvest…Read More
Liz Wells, February 19, 2019
Droughts in Australia and parts of Europe in 2018 underpinned global barley values last year, but those higher prices cut demand as consumers turned to cheaper corn. ..Read More
Peter McMeekin, February 19, 2019
Presidents’ Day saw US futures markets shut for the long weekend while cash US wheat continued to show signs of buying its way to compete. Barley remained rudderless…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, February 19, 2019
A new initiative developed by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Grain Producers South Australia (GPSA) aims to assist farmers better understand and comply with heavy vehicle regulations…Read More
Grain Central, February 8, 2019
An agricultural pilot has escaped serious injury thanks to his decision to wear a helmet in the cockpit, a reminder to pilots of the importance of wearing a correctly fitting helmet to reduce the risk of a serious head injury…Read More
Grain Central, February 8, 2019
Hay and grain freight costs from Victoria’s Wimmera region to some drought-stricken New South Wales and Queensland farmers are expected to reduce after the Victorian road train network was extended…Read More
Terry Sim, February 5, 2019
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued an Australia-wide recall notice for Kawasaki Mule Pro-MX 700cc side-by-side vehicles purchased between 1 July 2018 and 24 January 2019…Read More
Grain Central, February 4, 2019
Macquarie’s Paraway Pastoral Company is selling its Bundemar Park, Laura Downs and Paddy’s River aggregations to reduce the size of its Coonamble and Trangie holdings following its purchase last year of a clutch of Hassad assets…Read More
Liz Wells, February 12, 2019
In what is set to become one of the shortest ownerships in recent corporate-farming history, Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management’s Viridis Ag is preparing to offload its South Australian cropping aggregation and part of its NSW mixed-farming aggregation, both of which were purchased in October last year…Read More
Liz Wells, February 11, 2019
CSIRO and rural technology start-up, Digital Agriculture Services (DAS), have launched an innovative new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology that will comprehensively assess and monitor rural land anywhere in Australia,..Read More
Grain Central, January 22, 2019
One of Australia’s largest grain growers, BFB, has announced the sale of Proterra Investment Partners’ majority stake to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers and a major investor in the Australian agricultural sector…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2019
A fund-raising appeal directed at saleyards and the broader livestock industry in aid of Northwest Queensland’s flood devastated livestock producers has attracted an immediate and enthusiastic response. The North.. Read More
Agriculture Victoria is holding practical, hands-on workshops across the state to assist sheep, goat and cattle producers use the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) database...Read More.. Read More
Should the RSPCA be playing a role in helping to assist cattle affected by floods in north western Queensland, now widely recognised as one of the greatest animal welfare.. Read More
The first recovery grants of up to $75,000 were paid to flood-affected northwest Queensland beef producers yesterday, after applications opened on Friday under a simplified application process...Read.. Read More
AUSTRALIA’S largest agrifood tech event -- evokeAG -- ignited in Melbourne yesterday with a sold-out crowd of more than 1100 delegates and a long list of domestic and international.. Read More
FARMLAB chief executive officer Sam Duncan began his pitch at the evokeAG conference in Melbourne yesterday with a smile and a simple message – we make soil testing easy...
WESTERN Australian agtech businesses spanning innovative livestock pricing, grain production and irrigation are at evokeAG in Melbourne this week seeking exposure and investment...Read More.. Read More
A cold front and pre-frontal trough brought light falls to southern Victoria, and moderate falls in western Tasmania. Thunderstorms and showers produced light to moderate falls across northern Australia.. Read More