The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has today fined a northern NSW irrigator almost $190,000, after he pleaded guilty to pumping water in breach of an embargo imposed due to water shortages…Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019
A new gin being built by Southern Cotton and Queensland Cotton in Coleambally is still on track to open next year, but is not expected to be fully operational for the start of the 2020 ginning season…Read More
Liz Wells, March 22, 2019
On the eve of the NSW election, GrowerCo director and farmer Charles Brett says politicians should ensure the Port of Newcastle can compete on a level playing field when it comes to being an export point for grain grown in northwest NSW…Read More
Charles Brett, GrowerCo, March 22, 2019
Online help for people in all walks of agriculture is being trialled to help them focus less on thoughts and matters they cannot control and more on what matters to you most, described as an interactive version of “are you bogged, mate?” ..Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019
Grain imports into Australia will only be permitted if there are high confidence levels biosecurity risks can be managed, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources said in a statement on Friday…Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019
Despite stronger US currency, Thursday night’s futures markets built a little on the sizeable rally the previous session. Barley is in the sights of Saudi Arabia today, though China corn and beans talk predominates…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, March 22, 2019
Recent rains and drought-induced demand for livestock feed have triggered a surge in oat plantings across the eastern seaboard in the past week…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 21, 2019A coastal trough and associated low produced showers and thunderstorms, with moderate to heavy falls along the east coast of Australia, while a monsoon trough and embedded tropical systems generated moderate falls across northern Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, March 20, 2019Moving farm machinery on roads, without a permit, is a step closer to reality with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) now seeking agreement from local councils on a new National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Notice…Read More
Grain Central, March 21, 2019Grain imports into Australia will only be permitted if there are high confidence levels biosecurity risks can be managed, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources said in a statement on Friday…Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019German engineering firm ib vogt GmbH has approval to build the first solar farm for the southwest slopes of NSW on 248 hectares of leased mixed-farming country at Sebastopol near Temora…Read More
Grain Central, March 21, 2019Western Australian research has confirmed barley is better than wheat when getting the best from early sown crops in frost-prone landscapes…Read More
Grain Central, March 19, 2019The European Union received the major share of Australian canola exported in January as strong shipments are set to continue, the majority shipping from Western Australia’s southern ports…Read More
Grain Central, March 19, 2019What are the available risk management and insurance solutions that can minimise and protect farmers and farm operators from liability arising from motorbike and quad bike incidents?..Read More
Stephen White, McCullough Robertson, March 18, 2019A new gin being built by Southern Cotton and Queensland Cotton in Coleambally is still on track to open next year, but is not expected to be fully operational for the start of the 2020 ginning season…Read More
Liz Wells, March 22, 2019Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and fervent farming industry advocate, Tim Fischer, is to step down as chair of the international crop conservation organisation, the Crop Trust…Read More
Grain Central, March 20, 2019A large-scale trial in Western Australia, which compared open pollinated triazine tolerant (OP TT) canola to Roundup Ready (RR) canola, has demonstrated a $105 per hectare benefit for RR over OP TT…Read More
Grain Central, March 18, 2019This is so true. The most recent issue of the Journal of Hydrogeology supports your comments. Research on the frequency of overflows of the Condamine into Lake Broadwater near..
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The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has today fined a northern NSW irrigator almost $190,000, after he pleaded guilty to pumping water in breach of an embargo imposed due to water shortages…Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019
A new gin being built by Southern Cotton and Queensland Cotton in Coleambally is still on track to open next year, but is not expected to be fully operational for the start of the 2020 ginning season…Read More
Liz Wells, March 22, 2019
Online help for people in all walks of agriculture is being trialled to help them focus less on thoughts and matters they cannot control and more on what matters to you most, described as an interactive version of “are you bogged, mate?” ..Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2019
Recent rains and drought-induced demand for livestock feed have triggered a surge in oat plantings across the eastern seaboard in the past week…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 21, 2019
The Bureau of Meteorology has moved its ENSO Outlook from ‘WATCH’ to ‘El Niño ALERT’, saying the chance of El Niño developing in 2019 had increased to approximately 70 percent, around triple the normal likelihood…Read More
Grain Central, March 20, 2019
A coastal trough and associated low produced showers and thunderstorms, with moderate to heavy falls along the east coast of Australia, while a monsoon trough and embedded tropical systems generated moderate falls across northern Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, March 20, 2019
Rain has brought some relief to the parched summer-cropping areas of New South Wales and Queensland. It will help yields in later-planted sorghum, and has opened the subsoil moisture account for paddocks in the lead-up to winter-crop planting…Read More
Liz Wells, March 18, 2019
Patchy rains that fell in New South Wales in January and February had little impact on the widespread drought conditions across the state due to high temperatures and evaporation…Read More
Grain Central, March 8, 2019
Recent rains and drought-induced demand for livestock feed have triggered a surge in oat plantings across the eastern seaboard in the past week…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 21, 2019
Australian grain organisations are advising growers of the increased risk attached to growing barley in the upcoming winter-cropping season in light of China’s anti-dumping investigation initiated in November…Read More
Henry Wells, March 21, 2019
Western Australian research has confirmed barley is better than wheat when getting the best from early sown crops in frost-prone landscapes…Read More
Grain Central, March 19, 2019
Regional communities have welcomed the Federal Government’s move to bolster the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s (MDBA) presence in regional centres to 104 positions – or around one-third of its total staff…Read More
Grain Central, March 19, 2019
On the eve of the NSW election, GrowerCo director and farmer Charles Brett says politicians should ensure the Port of Newcastle can compete on a level playing field when it comes to being an export point for grain grown in northwest NSW…Read More
Charles Brett, GrowerCo, March 22, 2019
Despite stronger US currency, Thursday night’s futures markets built a little on the sizeable rally the previous session. Barley is in the sights of Saudi Arabia today, though China corn and beans talk predominates…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, March 22, 2019
Despite rain in the north and big tonnages of grain arriving from the west, markets from southern Queensland to Melbourne were paying as much or more for grain this week as they were last week.
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The US dollar fell hard overnight and most dollar-denominated commodities’ prices rose accordingly. Russia set its sights on higher quality parameters for export. Extended rain was forecast over eastern Nebraska, while Australia forecasts Cyclone Trevor may bring rain to Queensland’s arable zone…Read More
Lachstock Consulting, March 21, 2019
Moving farm machinery on roads, without a permit, is a step closer to reality with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) now seeking agreement from local councils on a new National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Notice…Read More
Grain Central, March 21, 2019
What are the available risk management and insurance solutions that can minimise and protect farmers and farm operators from liability arising from motorbike and quad bike incidents?..Read More
Stephen White, McCullough Robertson, March 18, 2019
High residue farming with a stripper front and a disc seeder efficiently captures and stores soil moisture, and growers are finding the system can be tweaked to also improve weed management…Read More
Grain Central, March 13, 2019
A water-jet cutting ‘coulter’ designed to slice through straw and crop residue, clearing a narrow path to the soil ahead of the sowing discs/tynes on no-till planters, is set to overcome many of the issues where stubble interferes with seeding and crop establishment…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 8, 2019
German engineering firm ib vogt GmbH has approval to build the first solar farm for the southwest slopes of NSW on 248 hectares of leased mixed-farming country at Sebastopol near Temora…Read More
Grain Central, March 21, 2019
Warakirri’s Daybreak Cropping has expanded into Queensland with its purchase of Kinbeachie at Toobeah from One Tree Agriculture for a rumoured $25 million…Read More
Grain Central, March 11, 2019
Louis Dreyfus this week listed for sale its northwest NSW grain storage at Moree, a further divesting step by the company as it separates its grain and cotton operations…Read More
Liz Wells, February 26, 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
Cattle producers affected by last month's devastating flood event in North Western Queensland will be able to access grants $400,000 under new assistance measures unveiled by Prime Minister Scott.. Read More
We’ve all been there ourselves. We have received feedback and certainly know the way it’s delivered impacts the way it’s received. For managers of agribusinesses anywhere along the red meat.. Read More
A series of changes will take place within Meat Standards Australia later this year, as the now 20-year-old grading system continues to evolve to meet changing consumer tastes and.. Read More
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COULD young commercial Merino and crossbred ewes make up to $500 when it rains? Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders president Peter Meyer raised the prospect at a St.. Read More
LOWER quality wools and an unfavourable $A-US exchange rate combined to force Australia’s wool price benchmark down further this week, although lines of good specification continued to hold value...
AUSTRALIA’S Federal Government will grant the live export industry $2.2 million into dehumidification research to reduce heat stress on livestock vessels...Read More.. Read More
WE’VE all been there ourselves; on the receiving end of feedback and we certainly know the way it’s delivered impacts the way it’s received. For managers of agribusinesses anywhere.. Read More