National Feedbase Summary 20 March 2025

TOTAL standing dry matter seasonal rankings for March 2025 highlight shifting pasture trends across Australia, with notable improvements in some regions and ongoing challenges in ...

Posted 2025-03-21 06:45:26

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifted as cyclone neared Brisbane

THE sorghum market has firmed in response to news that China is imposing a tariff on United States sorghum, while wheat and barley price moves in the northern and southern markets have been mixed ...

Posted 2025-03-09 07:23:08

MLA forecasts sheep and beef herds to decline in 2025

AUSTRALIA’S sheep flock is forecast to fall by 7.4 percent to 73.2 million head this year due to the increased turn-off of older breeding ewes and tough seasonal conditions across key production ...

Posted 2025-03-09 22:00:55

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US ...

Posted 2025-03-17 05:35:19

Feedgrain Focus: Export, consumer, grazier demand lifts values

VALUES have lifted this week as sorghum exports kick into gear, and bids to growers climb lift to entice volume out of on-farm storages and ...

Posted 2025-03-23 22:49:21

Bowan Park trial results to bring home on farm value of lamb genetics

PRIME lamb producers will get practical insights into how genetics can perform on farm, at a workshop in Gundagai this ...

Posted 2025-03-24 05:12:33

ABARES cropping Farmland Price Indicator falls

ABARES Farmland Price Indicator 2024 data puts the national wheat-sheep zone figure at a record high of $8072.77/ha, while the cropping land indicator eased over the year to ...

Posted 2025-03-27 10:56:28

Bowan Park Poll Dorset trial highlights eating quality potential

A FIVE-YEAR sire evaluation has shown Poll Dorset breeders the breed has potential to produce sires with the genetics to get high eating quality lambs to market sooner and to suit various ...

Posted 2025-04-02 06:03:02

CSBP to shut Kwinana superphosphate plant as WA flock declines

A LONG-TERM term decline in market demand for single superphosphate as growers reduce sheep numbers, combined with declining terms of trade for local production, has prompted CSBP Fertilisers to ...

Posted 2025-03-31 05:40:05