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Grain Central, August 16, 2019
Canola continues to be transhipped east to fill the domestic shortfall, while exports slip to their usual seasonal low, and most crops in southern Australia flower and pod with little subsoil moisture beneath them. ..Read More
Liz Wells, August 16, 2019
There are plenty of barriers, but if we really want to we can feed the world on plant protein, largely from legumes…Read More
Field experiments across WA’s grainbelt are part of a new project aimed at increasing the benefits and profitability generated by soil amelioration by an estimated $20-40 per hectare per year…Read More
Grain Central, August 16, 2019
Scientists have developed a tool to analyse leafing patterns of plants based on remote camera data, overcoming many of the laborious and error-prone practices of manual observation…Read More
Grain Central, August 16, 2019
Aug/Sep means the doldrums between northern and southern hemisphere harvests are upon us and the US wheat market doesn’t know which way to turn. EU markets were firmer overnight, North American mixed. Victoria and SNSW moisture is encouraging but the big country needs rain…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, August 16, 2019
Some growers in NSW are weighing up their options for grain, grazing or hay, while cereals trade flat to lower in the feed market to reflect Monday’s drop in US futures…Read More
Henry and Liz Wells, August 15, 2019The ‘first-look’ Spring climate outlook issued by the Bureau of Meteorology today indicates a drier than average season is likely for most of mainland Australia…Read More
Grain Central, August 15, 2019The fifth panamax cargo of Canadian wheat has finished loading in Vancouver, and with further import applications still with the Australian Government, it may not be the last load of wheat to come in the current drought cycle.
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The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is imploring farmers to use extreme care when using quad bikes, install an operator protection device (OPD) and consider alternative, safer farm vehicles…Read More
Grain Central, August 14, 2019The Philippines has consolidated its place as Australia’s biggest wheat export market in the first half of 2019, ahead of the east-coast transhipment market, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia…Read More
Liz Wells, August 13, 2019Can agriculture meet the food demands of the world into the future and do it in a sustainable way?..Read More
Neil Lyon, August 14, 2019How is it possible that soils have become so degraded? Don’t we need well functioning soils to produce food? The truth is, the modern farming system is based around oil, not soil…Read More
Anna Krzywoszynska, University of Sheffield, August 15, 2019Australia urgently needs a contemporary definition of sustainable agriculture, including agreed on-farm metrics, according to UNE senior research fellow and lecturer, Jacqueline Williams…Read More
Jacqueline Williams, University of New England, August 13, 2019Latest news from the farm machinery world…Read More
Grain Central, August 16, 2019Some growers in NSW are weighing up their options for grain, grazing or hay, while cereals trade flat to lower in the feed market to reflect Monday’s drop in US futures…Read More
Henry and Liz Wells, August 15, 2019There are plenty of barriers, but if we really want to we can feed the world on plant protein, largely from legumes…Read More
Richard Trethowan, University of Sydney, August 16, 2019I agree. Give us taller round up ready lupins and we might be able to grow them economically in a drying, warming climate.....
Robert John GryllsI shake my head if this is our reference point for the future of agriculture - going back to subsistence production. That wasn't even sustainable for a human....
Dr J WhiteHas Anna been up to date with the progress of conservation farming with little or no tillage, and the use of crop rotations -including pulses? Now over 180 million....
R J EsdaileI seem to remember that kids drove suzi utes before the days of 4 wheelers and I seem to remember for some reason suzi utes were banned from being....
Jenny James
There are plenty of barriers, but if we really want to we can feed the world on plant protein, largely from legumes…Read More
Richard Trethowan, University of Sydney, August 16, 2019
Can agriculture meet the food demands of the world into the future and do it in a sustainable way?..Read More
Neil Lyon, August 14, 2019
The ACCC has commenced an inquiry into markets for tradeable water rights in the Murray-Darling Basin…Read More
Grain Central, August 13, 2019
Australia urgently needs a contemporary definition of sustainable agriculture, including agreed on-farm metrics, according to UNE senior research fellow and lecturer, Jacqueline Williams…Read More
Jacqueline Williams, University of New England, August 13, 2019
How is it possible that soils have become so degraded? Don’t we need well functioning soils to produce food? The truth is, the modern farming system is based around oil, not soil…Read More
Anna Krzywoszynska, University of Sheffield, August 15, 2019
The ‘first-look’ Spring climate outlook issued by the Bureau of Meteorology today indicates a drier than average season is likely for most of mainland Australia…Read More
Grain Central, August 15, 2019
Strong cold fronts and intense lows produced moderate falls and snow to low levels in parts of the southeast, as cold fronts brought light falls to parts of the southern coasts of Western Australia and South Australia, prior to the cold outbreak in the southeast…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, August 14, 2019
A surface trough and onshore flow brought moderate falls to the north tropical coast of Queensland and parts of the east coast, while cold fronts brought moderate falls to western Tasmania; also southwest Western Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, August 7, 2019
Field experiments across WA’s grainbelt are part of a new project aimed at increasing the benefits and profitability generated by soil amelioration by an estimated $20-40 per hectare per year…Read More
Grain Central, August 16, 2019
Lower United States cotton production and trade barriers saw 2018/19 exports from the US drop from the previous year, according to the USDA…Read More
Grain Central, August 14, 2019
Late-season use of glyphosate on barley has been suspended following the 31 July expiry of an emergency-use permit issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority…Read More
Liz Wells, August 12, 2019
Growers need to be on the lookout for fleabane, sowthistle and feathertop Rhodes grass weeds as they could all start germinating as early as August in northern regions when temperatures are suitable…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, August 9, 2019
Canola continues to be transhipped east to fill the domestic shortfall, while exports slip to their usual seasonal low, and most crops in southern Australia flower and pod with little subsoil moisture beneath them. ..Read More
Liz Wells, August 16, 2019
Aug/Sep means the doldrums between northern and southern hemisphere harvests are upon us and the US wheat market doesn’t know which way to turn. EU markets were firmer overnight, North American mixed. Victoria and SNSW moisture is encouraging but the big country needs rain…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, August 16, 2019
Some growers in NSW are weighing up their options for grain, grazing or hay, while cereals trade flat to lower in the feed market to reflect Monday’s drop in US futures…Read More
Henry and Liz Wells, August 15, 2019
Australia’s chickpea exports rose 10 per cent over June, and the market is now watching prospects consolidate for the Central Queensland crop, which will provide the vast majority of new-crop production…Read More
Liz Wells, August 15, 2019
Latest news from the farm machinery world…Read More
Grain Central, August 16, 2019
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is imploring farmers to use extreme care when using quad bikes, install an operator protection device (OPD) and consider alternative, safer farm vehicles…Read More
Grain Central, August 14, 2019
Russia’s largest agricultural holding, Rusagro, will collaborate with autonomous driving software developer, Cognitive Technologies, to develop self-driving technologies for grain harvesters…Read More
Grain Central, July 31, 2019
A team of specialised agtech robot designers and builders will be recruited in Central Queensland to help SwarmFarm Robotics undertake the expansion of their business…Read More
Grain Central, July 23, 2019
The Revell family’s Namoi Valley farm Wire Lagoon has sold at auction to an established district cotton-growing family for $11.375 million. ..Read More
Liz Wells, August 12, 2019
The north-west NSW property market is set to be tested with the listing of Auscott’s Midkin Aggregation in the Gwydir Valley, and the Prospect Downs aggregation in the nearby Golden Triangle area…Read More
Liz Wells, August 5, 2019
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is buying 49 per cent of the Cubbie Station aggregation in south west Queensland as Chinese company Shandong Ruyi reduces its holding to 51pc…Read More
Liz Wells, August 2, 2019
The ability of the expressions-of-interest (EOI) platform to shift large-scale farms is being tested in the face of the New South Wales drought…Read More
Liz Wells, July 26, 2019
New legislation which would introduce jail sentences for people who incite farm invasion and harassment was put under the microscrope by Senators in a public hearing in Canberra this week...Read More
Some growers in NSW are weighing up their options for grain, grazing or hay, while cereals trade flat to lower in the feed market to reflect Monday's drop in US..Read More
A puffy pink seaweed that can stop cattle from belching out methane is being primed for mass farming by researchers in Queensland.SC's ..Read More
Now, more than ever, employees are choosing red meat industry supply chain workplaces where they feel valued and believe in the overall mission of the business. It's not surprising, then,..Read More
MORE than half the wool scheduled to sell at Australian auctions this week went unsold as growers balked at the biggest market downturn in more than 10 years...Read More
AUSTRALIAN Wool Network’s Russell Macgugan has taken a forward-looking approach to wool marketing in his eight years as a broker, with a strong focus on innovative development of the Merino…..Read More
AUSTRALIA’S wool production is forecast to hit its lowest level in almost 100 years this financial year, with market and seasonal conditions not indicating a quick turn-around...Read More
THE wool forward market could provide no solace for buyers nor sellers this week, with the rate of auction price decline leaving sellers out of range and buyers unable to..Read More