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Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

After Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern states, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

News

Nobby growers take first, second in RASQ Crop Competition

Two standout soybean crops have earned Nobby-based RDS Farming both the champion and reserve champion titles in the (RASQ annual crop competition…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

News

Labor matches Coalition’s $2.5M farm safety commitment

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will match a Coalition promise to invest $2.5 million into FarmSafe Australia for the next three years…Read More

Grain Central, April 24, 2025

Ag Tech

DAS identifies wheat-canola-wheat as leading rotation

DAS data has revealed the most common three-year winter crop rotation used by Australian grain growers, alongside analysis suggesting it delivers stronger yield outcomes than alternative practices…Read More

Grain Central, April 24, 2025

Logistics

Infrastructure WA backs Westport plan

The WA Government has welcomed Infrastructure WA’s endorsement of the Westport business case…Read More

Grain Central, April 24, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 24 April 2025

Market waits on hopes of China-US deal, while public holidays have fueled thin trading in Australia. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 24, 2025

Property

Three grain properties for sale in NSW

Productive dryland cropping and grazing country in the Central West | Some of the best cropping and grazing country in the Condobolin district | Cropping and livestock country near Mullaley offered for sale..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, April 23, 2025

News

PRL Group on track to acquire Qld phosphate mine

PRL Group has emerged as the preferred candidate to takeover owner of Ardmore phosphate mine, Centrex…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 23, 2025

News

Algeria tapping the global wheat market

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, April 23, 2025

Cropping

CSU study finds organic fertilisers can offer cost-effective alternative

Grain Central, April 23, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 23 April 2025

Lachstock Consulting, April 23, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 21 April 2025 + outlook

Bureau of Meteorology, April 22, 2025

Property

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

Grain Central, April 17, 2025

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Dollar rebound pressures values

Emma Alsop, April 17, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 22 April 2025

Some welcome rainfall for SA’s Southeast, with 20mm through large parts giving growers some confidence…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 22, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 23 April 2025

Trump’s criticism of Powell leads market talk, while Australia remains quiet following long weekend…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 23, 2025

Markets

Daily Market Wire 24 April 2025

Market waits on hopes of China-US deal, while public holidays have fueled thin trading in Australia. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 24, 2025

News

Nobby growers take first, second in RASQ Crop Competition

Two standout soybean crops have earned Nobby-based RDS Farming both the champion and reserve champion titles in the (RASQ annual crop competition…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

33.70

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6359

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

26 Apr 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company

Price

Trending

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

8.77

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

356

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

331

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

776

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

365

Source: Lachstock Consulting

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Nobby growers take first, second in RASQ Crop Competition

Two standout soybean crops have earned Nobby-based RDS Farming both the champion and reserve champion titles in the (RASQ annual crop competition…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Labor matches Coalition’s $2.5M farm safety commitment

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will match a Coalition promise to invest $2.5 million into FarmSafe Australia for the next three years…Read More

Grain Central, April 24, 2025

PRL Group on track to acquire Qld phosphate mine

PRL Group has emerged as the preferred candidate to takeover owner of Ardmore phosphate mine, Centrex…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 23, 2025

Algeria tapping the global wheat market

Algeria’s state-owned OAIC announced international tender for soft milling wheat of any origin for shipment in both the first and second half of June…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, April 23, 2025

Weather

Weekly rainfall update 21 April 2025 + outlook

Large parts of Western Australia, Tasmania and the Top End in the Northern Territory, as well as some scattered areas across the southern and eastern mainland coastline recorded between 10 and 50 mm during the week…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, April 22, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 14 April 2025 + outlook

Showers and isolated storms, some severe, driven by moist northerly winds, upper disturbance and a west coast trough affected the south-west of Western Australia during the week…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, April 15, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 8 April 2025 + outlook

Qld, northern NSW and south-west WA are forecast to get 10-50mm of rain in the coming week after another wet week for much of Qld and the NT. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, April 8, 2025

Weekly rainfall update 1 April 2025 + outlook

The NT and Qld received big rain in the past week, and the coming week is forecast to bring further falls, but very little to the dry cropping zones of SA and Vic…Read More

Guest Author, April 1, 2025

Cropping

CSU study finds organic fertilisers can offer cost-effective alternative

Research by Charles Sturt University agribusiness academic shows fertiliser alternatives for growers that will contribute to sustainability and profitability…Read More

Grain Central, April 23, 2025

Murdoch University-led project delves into water repellent soils

Murdoch University will lead a new research project investigating strategies to manage soil water repellence and reduce its impact on grain production…Read More

Grain Central, April 16, 2025

Victrato gets tick from crown rot experts, but no ‘magic bullet’

A GRDC webinar yesterday heard two crown rot experts welcome Victrato to the inoculum-management toolbox, but they warned it should not be seen as a “magic bullet”…Read More

Liz Wells, April 2, 2025

Cotton processors need to innovate into 2040: Suttor

ACGA president Ben Suttor said a look to 2040 pointed to the possibility of longer wait times and less gins as Australia’s cotton-ginning sector looks to keep itself competitive. ..Read More

Emma Alsop, March 31, 2025

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

After Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern states, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Daily Market Wire 24 April 2025

Market waits on hopes of China-US deal, while public holidays have fueled thin trading in Australia. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 24, 2025

Daily Market Wire 23 April 2025

Trump’s criticism of Powell leads market talk, while Australia remains quiet following long weekend…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, April 23, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Dollar rebound pressures values

A rebound in the Aus dollar has trimmed recent grain price gains, while dry conditions in Vic and SA continue to restrict grain flows…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 17, 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

Canadian Wolf shares lowdown on spraying at GRDC Updates

Canadian spray-application specialist Tom Wolf steps through what operators and manufacturers can do to get the most out of spray rigs, as heard at recent GRDC Updates. ..Read More

Liz Wells, March 11, 2025

John Deere talks up tractor, cart, drill combo for seeding

THE power of the John Deere 9 Series Tractor, when combined with the accuracy of the new C-Series Air Cart and P600 Precision Air Hoe Drill delivers a total seeding..Read More

Grain Central, March 3, 2025

Property

Three grain properties for sale in NSW

Property editor Linda Rowley, April 23, 2025

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

Ridley has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 million…Read More

Grain Central, April 17, 2025

Weekly property review: Tariffs, currency, dramatic seasonal swings – what’s the likely impact on the property market?

In this week’s property review, three rural property specialists give their take on the property market in the light of recent trade access, political and weather events, both at home and overseas…Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, April 17, 2025

AgConnex acquires Carrathool grain complex

AgConnex has acquired the Carrathool grain complex in the western Riverina…Read More

Grain Central, April 16, 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

The North’s buffalo dilemma

A booming wild buffalo population descended from disease-free herds established post-BTEC in the 1990s presents a major challenge, with high costs, limited markets, and logistical hurdles preventing effective management. Without..Read More

JBS formalises plans for dual listing on New York SX

Global protein giant JBS is formalising its long-touted move to dual listing on both the New York and Brazilian Stock Exchanges. The company outlined the process overnight, following a board..Read More

Asparagopsis-fed low-methane beef on restaurant menus for first time

Grassfed Angus beef carrying low methane emissions claims through the use of feed supplements based on asparagopisis seaweed is now appearing on restaurant menus for the first time...Read More

Recruitment: Understanding key drivers in attracting quality talent to ag

Attracting top talent in the agricultural sector is not just about filling positions—it is about securing skilled individuals who will drive innovation and productivity in the industry...Read More

Sheep Central

Skilled drivers in short supply: Livestock transport’s challenge

As the commonly observed signs on trailer tailgates point out, “Without Trucks, Australia Stops”. By extension, without skilled livestock transport drivers, Australia’s livestock sector cannot keep moving forward...Read More

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 21 April 2025

LARGE parts of Western Australia, Tasmania and the Top End in the Northern Territory, as well as some scattered areas across the southern and eastern mainland coastline recorded between 10..Read More

Four ways technology has revolutionised livestock transport

WHETHER it is saving lives, improving animal welfare or reducing emissions, Australia’s livestock transport industry is currently undergoing a technology revolution...Read More

American farmers and rural areas get $340.6m disaster funding

AMERICAN farmers, ranchers and rural communities will receive more than $340 million in aid following natural disasters across the country...Read More