GrainCorp’s intake across harvest has totalled more than 13 million tonnes of grower receivals to date, eclipsing the 12.6Mt of winter-crop grower receivals delivered to GrainCorp in the previous bumper harvest in 2016-17…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2021
The return to favourable summer growing conditions this season has been a boon for summer crop growers throughout the eastern Australia growing regions…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 15, 2021
Domestic wheat, barley and sorghum values have firmed this week based on strength in Northern Hemisphere markets, and were bolstered by minimal post-harvest selling from growers…Read More
Liz Wells, January 14, 2021
Australia exported 515,636 tonnes of wheat in November, up sharply from October to reflect the surge of new-crop grain arriving at port, and competitive pricing…Read More
Liz Wells, January 14, 2021
The commencement of a new year is often a time for employers in the agricultural industries to reflect on their future hiring requirements, and for employees, to plan a career move…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2021
Talk of fresh China buying demand led wheat futures’ further gains. Corn and soybeans followed suit, up almost 2pc. Canola and European rapeseed diverged. Australian export bids lifted…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, January 15, 2021
Growing a mungbean crop could be an excellent way to get on top of feathertop Rhodes grass, a highly competitive and difficult to control summer weed…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, January 15, 2021GrainCorp’s intake across harvest has totalled more than 13 million tonnes of grower receivals to date, eclipsing the 12.6Mt of winter-crop grower receivals delivered to GrainCorp in the previous bumper harvest in 2016-17…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2021Proposed agricultural reforms in India have alarmed the country’s farm lobby, and could prompt increased oilseed production at the expense of wheat…Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, January 12, 2021In a snapshot of the ‘year that was’ in the Australian grain industry, Grain Central takes a look back over the stories that led the news in 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 12, 2021Eastern Australian grain growers had delivered 18.5 million tonnes of grain from the current harvest to major bulk handlers GrainCorp and Viterra as of early last week…Read More
Grain Central, January 11, 2021Markets gapped between 2pc and 4pc firmer on tighter-than-expected USDA balance sheets published overnight. Australian end of winter harvest appears imminent in favourable conditions…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, January 13, 2021A teenage boy is in a critical condition after being injured in a tractor rollover earlier today north west of Gympie in Queensland…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2021Tighter supply/demand balances in USDA’s US and world reports triggered limit-up trade in corn futures which spilled over into other markets, but revised estimates for US and global wheat were not regarded overall as bullish…Read More
Grain Central, January 13, 2021Domestic wheat, barley and sorghum values have firmed this week based on strength in Northern Hemisphere markets, and were bolstered by minimal post-harvest selling from growers…Read More
Liz Wells, January 14, 2021Australia’s feed barley exports in November more than doubled from the previous month to reflect new-crop availability, while sorghum and malting barley shipments continued at a modest pace…Read More
Liz Wells, January 11, 2021The return to favourable summer growing conditions this season has been a boon for summer crop growers throughout the eastern Australia growing regions…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 15, 2021It is with great disappointment that I hear the State Government is announcing new rail projects around its metropolitan areas before ensuring that present projects are completed in full. I....
Peter BerryFully agree with Jim Pratley on Roundup Ready crops....
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Adrian Lawrie
The commencement of a new year is often a time for employers in the agricultural industries to reflect on their future hiring requirements, and for employees, to plan a career move…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2021
A teenage boy is in a critical condition after being injured in a tractor rollover earlier today north west of Gympie in Queensland…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2021
In a snapshot of the ‘year that was’ in the Australian grain industry, Grain Central takes a look back over the stories that led the news in 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 12, 2021
Affordable fertiliser prices helped support Australian agricultural producers’ profits through the 2020/21 winter cropping season and a plentiful global fertiliser supply – along with a stable currency outlook – spells further good news, according to Rabobank…Read More
Grain Central, January 6, 2021
A surface trough and the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Imogen near the north tropical coast of Queensland brought widespread moderate falls to northern and eastern Queensland, while thunderstorms and showers produced moderate falls across the Top End in the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia…Read More
Guest Author, January 6, 2021
Tropical lows brought widespread moderate to heavy falls across north-west and interior Western Australia, with heavy falls in south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales associated with a coastal trough and low pressure system…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, December 16, 2020
Australia’s farmers are well placed to benefit from global market changes as countries and businesses around the world act on and adapt to climate change, the latest ABARES Insights paper has found…Read More
Grain Central, December 10, 2020
Thunderstorms generated moderate falls across the northern tropics, south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, while a cold front produced moderate falls in south-east Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, December 9, 2020
The return to favourable summer growing conditions this season has been a boon for summer crop growers throughout the eastern Australia growing regions…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 15, 2021
Growing a mungbean crop could be an excellent way to get on top of feathertop Rhodes grass, a highly competitive and difficult to control summer weed…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, January 15, 2021
RockStar and Vixen, InterGrain’s first Australian Hard classified wheats released in northern New South Wales, have been welcomed by growers who trialled the new varieties in 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2021
The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has approved the importation of a biological control agent into Australia as part of research into fall armyworm (FAW) control options…Read More
Grain Central, January 12, 2021
GrainCorp’s intake across harvest has totalled more than 13 million tonnes of grower receivals to date, eclipsing the 12.6Mt of winter-crop grower receivals delivered to GrainCorp in the previous bumper harvest in 2016-17…Read More
Grain Central, January 15, 2021
Domestic wheat, barley and sorghum values have firmed this week based on strength in Northern Hemisphere markets, and were bolstered by minimal post-harvest selling from growers…Read More
Liz Wells, January 14, 2021
Australia exported 515,636 tonnes of wheat in November, up sharply from October to reflect the surge of new-crop grain arriving at port, and competitive pricing…Read More
Liz Wells, January 14, 2021
Talk of fresh China buying demand led wheat futures’ further gains. Corn and soybeans followed suit, up almost 2pc. Canola and European rapeseed diverged. Australian export bids lifted…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, January 15, 2021
Sales of agricultural equipment, particularly tractors, have continued at record levels through November, setting the scene for tractor sales to top the 13,000 mark for 2020…Read More
Grain Central, December 10, 2020
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Grain Central, November 23, 2020
October has been another standout month for tractor sales across Australia, continuing a very strong trend throughout 2020…Read More
Grain Central, November 11, 2020
Harvesters fitted with Cognitive Pilot autonomous operating systems have harvested more than 720,000 tonnes of crops over 160,000 hectares in Russia this season…Read More
Grain Central, November 4, 2020
Listings of large-scale cropping properties and mixed farms in WA are in short supply, reflecting buoyant demand from expanding operations within the state…Read More
Liz Wells, December 11, 2020
This year’s improved borrowing and cropping climate has property auctions for small to medium-sized holdings back on the calendar in north-west New South Wales. ..Read More
Liz Wells, December 2, 2020
The Earl brothers’ Squib Group has bought both Viterra sites in Millicent to increase canola storage for their expanding crushing plant, now the only one of its kind in South Australia…Read More
Liz Wells, November 30, 2020
The Preston family has called time on its grain-trading operation at Temora, and is putting its sites and businesses up for sale to offer the new owner a foothold in the vibrant southern New South Wales market…Read More
Liz Wells, November 16, 2020
A humble old cattle grid is sometimes all it takes to trip up the most advanced car computer systems...Read More
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A recall notice has been issued for 96 Polaris side by side vehicles sold nationally between December 2019 and October 2020, due to concerns that clutches may fail under high-load,..Read More
SEXED sheep semen is being used by major Australian wool, prime lamb and maternal seedstock breeders to quickly lift the number of superior rams and ewes for sale and spread genetic..Read More
AUSTRALIAN-OWNED company Troy Animal Healthcare will acquire a suite of sheep product brands from multinational Elanco in the aftermath of Elanco’s takeover of Bayer AG’s animal health business...Read More
FINE Merino wool prices led a general improvement in Australian auction prices in the first auction sales after the Christmas break this week...Read More
A BRIGHTER than expected opening to the first Australian wool auctions of 2021 replicated itself in the forward markets this week...Read More