Farm Weekly

Agricultural & rural farm news

Home Page

Privacy

Conditions of Use

Terms and Conditions - Digital Subscription

Terms and Conditions -  Newspaper Subscription

Contact

This Week's Paper

Sire Shootout

Forecasts

Warnings

Satellite

Radar

6 Day Outlook

Landcare

Sheep & Goat Markets

Cattle Markets

News

Property

Markets

Studstock

Beef

Sheep & Goats

Dairy

Cropping

Machinery

E-Mags

Newsletter

Politics

Agribusiness

Weather

Opinion

Rural Life

Classifieds

Digital Subscriptions

The latest comment and analysis about the big issues in ag.

Search the latest national livestock and clearing sales.

Find rural properties for sale across Australia.

ELDERS: The 518 hectare Weengallon property Rockview has sold at auction.

The 518 hectare Weengallon property Rockview has sold at auction.

Rockview sold under the hammer

Ray White Rural: An Inverell district property has sold at auction in Brisbane.

An Inverell district property has sold at a Ray White Rural auction in Brisbane.

Northern NSW cattle country to $1454/acre | Video, Photos

The new tool will help preserve beneficial insects in the Australian grains industry such as parasitoid wasps which help control grain aphids. Photo by CESAR.

Chemical toxicity table to help protect beneficial insects in cropping.

Tools to protect beneficial farm insects

IRRIGATION NATION: Richard Quigley, Trangie is keen to investigate methods to irrigate more effectively.

Two cotton producers are looking across the globe for innovations that can improve their farm businesses as part of Nuffield scholarships.

Cotton growers look global for innovation

Supplying grain for the domestic livestock industry makes up a large portion of east coast grain sales.

There aren't the direct repercussions that will be seen in the livestock industry, but FMD entering Australia would hurt the grains sector.

Grain sector cautions of FMD fallout

The updated Case Maxxum includes new high-performance LED safety lighting features.

Operator comfort and convenience are at the centre of the updates.

A host of new features added to Puma and Maxxum tractors

The Brandt Group of Companies now owns 23 John Deere dealerships in Australia and New Zealand.

Canada's Brandt machinery group adds Deere dealerships in SA

Tetsu Kojima is the new managing director of Kubota Australia and New Zealand.

Tetsu Kojima is originally from Japan and has worked with the agricultural and construction machinery company for 33 years.

New managing director at Kubota Australia

TOP CHOICE: Over the past five years, Australia has only exported 111 tonnes of sheepmeat to India, with premium cuts making up the majority of this trade.

Australia's sheepmeat sector could soar to new heights if the industry replicates their movements with China, experts say.

Could India become Australia's new China?

Marionvale Chip shows sheep who is the boss in State competition.

Chip is the top dog in the sheepyards

Darkan goat farmer Trevor Bunce said border controls needed to be strengthened "at any point of entry into the country for any meat product".

Farmer says keep strong borders to prevent foot and mouth coming in.

"Once in, the farmers will take the hit..."

A quick check over the fence at some of the people and topics attracting attention in agribusiness.

Agribusiness buzz in brief

TAKES THE BISCUIT: Some of the Tip Top brands from one of Australia's biggest food makers, the British-owned George Weston Foods.

A massive new flour mill will be built in Ballarat by food manufacturer George Weston Foods.

Is Don, is good for regional Victoria with Weston's milling moves

The monthly USDA report noted tighter global and US wheat ending stocks than the market had anticipated.

CBOT futures jump sharply

Clarity needed on budget details says Nats' Colin de Grussa.

The devil is in the detail says de Grussa

The Coalition has pledged $53.3 million for a state-of-the-art animal health vaccine research and manufacturing facility, as the number of biosecurity threats on the nation's doorstep continues to grow.

$53m pledged for new animal vaccine centre as bio threats grow

Labor has promised to deliver long-term sustainable funding for the nation's biosecurity system as foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin threaten to breach the northern borders.

Labor commits to long-term biosecurity funding as threats loom

Here's a look at the road to success for the major parties.

Australian 2022 federal election predictions

Bush advocates: Queensland Country Women's Association members gather on the verandah of the CWA hall in Goomeri around 1927.

AG INFLUENCERS: Reflecting on the influential role of Country Women's Associations across Australia.

The grassroots group changing the lives of countless bush families

Continued market strength bodes well for the upcoming season.

Global events influence rising farm input costs

Managing risk: Dairy farmer Jade Clymo with his son Fynn and their new Entegra barn. Picture: Supplied

When it comes to business, Jade Clymo refuses to accept the status quo. Growth has driven the success of his family farm and underpinned his passion for the dairy industry.

Certainty and systems underpin business growth for Victorian dairy farm

SALE-TOPPER: Mawarra Ultra Star R182 is the new top-priced Hereford bull at Wodonga. Pictured with Mawarra B stud principal Brandon Sykes, Koetong, buyer Tom Nixon, Devon Court Herefords, Drillham, Qld, and Mawarra Genetics stud principals Peter and Deanne Sykes, Longford. Photo by Jess Parker.

The top-selling bull was crowned the Hereford grand champion on Wednesday.

New six-figure record set at Herefords Australia's National Sale

HAPPY FAMILY: Brittany and Brandon Sykes, with Carter, 2, Mawarra B, Koetong, with Mawarra B Show Stopper which won the junior division. The Sykes family won most successful exhibitor.

The latest from the 57th Herefords Australia National Show at Wodonga.

Triple blue ribbon success for Sykes family at national Hereford show

Special Features

ATTENDEES: Ken Adams and Kylie Murcutt, Verdun, SA, at the recent Mount Pleasant, SA, sheep and lamb market. 

Lamb produces who hedged their bets and secured forward contracts at Christmas are being paid dividends.

Mixed signals in lamb prices

NICE PRICE: Ian brown, Con and Maree De Groot, Springbank, Narbethong, with Narelle and Phil Douglas, Nutrien Ag Solutions Colac at the Yea monthly store sale. 

"Everywhere you go they're taking the money," Commission buyer Duncan Brown said on the statewide sell-off of spring weaners.

First frost triggers calf sell-off

ADAPTABLE GENETICS: Glenlea Beef stud principal Roderick Binny and Elders Winton agent Scott Taylor with the top priced bull at the stud's Winton sale in 2021. The stud holds three bull sales in Queensland each year.

Glenlea Beef is set to become one of the largest Charolais operations in the country.

Charolais bulls to suit all markets

Esperance grain grower John Sanderson relies on soil mapping and sampling for the most accurate indication of soil nutrition, and believes it will certainly prove its worth this year.

Data driven application key to managing rising input costs

Sign up to receive your daily list of the editor's picks and trending articles

All access: Readers can take up the subscription offer via farmweekly.com.au or by contacting our digital customer service team on 1300 090 805 or via email on subscriptionsupport@austcommunitymedia.com.au

Farm Weekly readers who've taken up the offer of a new digital subscription have been enjoying unlimited access to online content from the full suite of ACM Ag mastheads.

Digital subscribers get access to seven mastheads

Three positive samples of red leather leaf disease were discovered last season, coming from the high oat inclusion region around Narrogin, Pingelly and Piesseville.

Stubble borne diseases predicted to still be an issue this year.

This week's paper

Opinion

Upcoming sales

AgTrader Property

Get your morning wrap

Get your morning wrap