Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

AFTER the Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern New South Wales, western Victoria and South Australia, growers are once again pinning ...

Posted 2025-04-24 05:59:21

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

Ridley exits SA with $22M sale of Wasleys mill to Baiada

AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller, Ridley Corporation, has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 ...

Posted 2025-04-22 04:22:36

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

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this ...

Posted 2025-03-31 21:25:38

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping ...

Posted 2025-04-07 05:09:57

Dohnes get data on wool, carcase, eating quality and reproduction

A COMPREHENSIVE sire evaluation trial rated as 'gold standard' has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality ...

Posted 2025-04-07 05:10:11

Feedgrain Focus: Weak Aussie dollar lifts values

A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets ...

Posted 2025-04-14 02:29:15

MLA opens call for new Producer Demonstration Site projects

MEAT & Livestock Australia is calling for new applications for Producer Demonstration Sites to kick off from the end of ...

Posted 2025-04-14 03:33:27