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Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A rally in offshore wheat prices has spread to local values and boosted traded volumes amid cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Property

How the proposed super tax will impact rural landholders

In part two of our series, three specialists look at how the govt’s plan to tax unrealised gains in superannuation will impact rural landholders…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 19, 2025

News

Mixed quality reported as cotton ginning hits 25pc mark

Ginning of Australia’s cotton crop now seen as hitting 5.4M bales has reached the 25pc mark, according to an ACSA briefing this week…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 19, 2025

News

Burren firm all smiles after Future Drought Fund fillip

Burren Junction’s AgEcon has received a $6M grant from the Future Drought Fund to bolster support from other partners including the CRDC…Read More

Grain Central, June 19, 2025

Markets

Hay market holds heat after SA, Vic rain

Recent rain in SA and Vic has been enough to spark a widespread germination of winter crops, but has done nothing to lower heady hay prices as the fodder shortage drags on…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Research

Pan-genome set to boost Aus chickpea production

Improved understanding of genetic diversity in key Australian chickpea varieties is tipped to lead to improved production over a wider area…Read More

Grain Central, June 20, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 20 June 2025

After a public holiday in the US overnight, Australian and European markets have firmed as global attention remains focused on the Middle East…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 20, 2025

News

NSW Govt to exit chickpea-breeding partnership

The NSW Govt’s decision to end its involvement in the national chickpea-breeding program has GRDC looking for a new partner. ..Read More

Emma Alsop, June 18, 2025

News

UPDATED: Brisbane’s HX Food in liquidation owing $3.56M
Liz Wells, June 17, 2025

News

Pigeonpea varieties ready for release in Australian first
Grain Central, June 17, 2025

Markets

Australia’s April sorghum exports boom, barley drops
Liz Wells, June 17, 2025

Markets

Romania set for record wheat, rapeseed crops
Peter McMeekin Grain Brokers Australia, June 17, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 19 June 2025
Lachstock Consulting, June 19, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 17 June 2025 + outlook
Bureau of Meteorology, June 17, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

35.75
Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6481
Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

22 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

359
Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

351

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

837
Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

347
Source: Lachstock Consulting

What readers are saying

Drought experience prompts rethink on value of hay

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Triple fungicide resistance detected in YP barley

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

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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?....

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Locals acquire Roma stockfeed business

I wish you all the best..

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News

Mixed quality reported as cotton ginning hits 25pc mark

Ginning of Australia’s cotton crop now seen as hitting 5.4M bales has reached the 25pc mark, according to an ACSA briefing this week…Read More

Emma Alsop, June 19, 2025

Burren firm all smiles after Future Drought Fund fillip

Burren Junction’s AgEcon has received a $6M grant from the Future Drought Fund to bolster support from other partners including the CRDC…Read More

Grain Central, June 19, 2025

NSW Govt to exit chickpea-breeding partnership

The NSW Govt’s decision to end its involvement in the national chickpea-breeding program has GRDC looking for a new partner. ..Read More

Emma Alsop, June 18, 2025

UPDATED: Brisbane’s HX Food in liquidation owing $3.56M

Brisbane-based containerised sorghum exporter HX Food has gone into liquidation owing $3.56M to creditors in Qld, NSW, and Vic…Read More

Liz Wells, June 17, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 17 June 2025 + outlook

Parts of Australia’s southern fringe received welcome rain this week, and more is forecast over a wider area in coming days…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 17, 2025

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

Cropping

CQ crops stand out as mungbean harvest winds down

Australia’s mungbean harvest is almost over, with CQ delivering standout quality and yields.

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Emma Alsop, June 16, 2025

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

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A rally in offshore wheat prices has spread to local values and boosted traded volumes amid cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Hay market holds heat after SA, Vic rain

Recent rain in SA and Vic has been enough to spark a widespread germination of winter crops, but has done nothing to lower heady hay prices as the fodder shortage drags on…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Daily Market Wire 20 June 2025

After a public holiday in the US overnight, Australian and European markets have firmed as global attention remains focused on the Middle East…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 20, 2025

Australia’s April sorghum exports boom, barley drops

ABS data shows Australia in April exported 678,382t of barley, and sorghum hit a year-to-date peak of 463,220t. ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 17, 2025

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Sponsored Content, May 19, 2025

Canola Yield Tool helps growers factor IWM into varietal selection

Growers are invited to gain insights into canola yield potential for varieties from most major seed companies, and across seed technologies, using a tool built on data from Pacific Seeds’ trials across Australia…Read More

Grain Central, March 17, 2025

How Voraxor’s versatility can be used to strengthen double knock

As well as being an outstanding pre-emergent herbicide, BASF’s Voraxor is a top-level knockdown spike, improving glyphosate performance on broadleaf weeds and annual ryegrass…Read More

Grain Central, December 9, 2024

Superior blackleg treatment gains official recognition 

BASF has released ILeVO as a cost-effective seed treatment to control blackleg in canola…Read More

Grain Central, December 2, 2024

Machinery

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

How the proposed super tax will impact rural landholders

In part two of our series, three specialists look at how the govt’s plan to tax unrealised gains in superannuation will impact rural landholders…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 19, 2025

HTW report sheds light on diverse cotton regions

HTW valuer Will McLay looks at sales activity and demand in three key Australian cotton-growing regions…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 16, 2025

What are the implications of the proposed super tax?

In this first part of a two-part series, industry experts advise landholders on what course of action to take in the light of the govt’s move to tax unrealised gains in superannuation. ..Read More

Linda Rowley, June 12, 2025

Kilter’s KAF Portfolio reaps $13M and counting

Demand for high-quality irrigated assets has driven $13M worth of sales so far from the KAF Portfolio in Vic’s Goulburn Valley…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 11, 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

Rural reality: How cattle producers are working with nature, not against it

If your entire understanding of how cattle properties are managed came from conservation groups, it would be easy to form the impression that Australian cattle producers enjoy nothing more than..Read More

Roma Saleyards to undergo $4.2m upgrade

Australia's biggest saleyards are set to undergo a $4.2m upgrade, with work to be done to ramps, walkways, fences, footpaths and the truck wash at the Roma facility...Read More

Beef producers more positive despite global uncertainty, MLA report

The latest Beef Producer Intentions Survey released by MLA shows producers are confident in the sector’s outlook. ..Read More

Recruitment: From boom to balance – the shifting dynamics of agribusiness hiring

After dramatic rises and falls during and soon after COVID, mid-2025 signs point to a more stable and sustainable ag employment market. Improved seasonal conditions across much of the country..Read More

Sheep Central

People on the Move: Appointments, retirements, achievements

SHEEP Central publishes an occasional summary of appointments, departures and achievements occurring across the red meat and livestock supply chain...Read More

Chinese-owned Australian processor Kilcoy files for US listing

CHINESE-OWNED Australian-based red meat processor and exporter Kilcoy Global Foods has filed for a public listing in the United States, in a move designed to raise capital for strategic investments..Read More

Fined Condah farmer turns focus to mental health and education

A GOFUNDME campaign to help a south-west Victorian hay contractor fight a fine for moving two bales of hay across a road on his tractor has changed its focus to..Read More

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 16 June 2025

COLD fronts and associated low pressure systems and troughs led to scattered rainfall and storms across southern parts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and eastern New South Wales...Read More

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