Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

THE MUCH-ANTIPICATED arrival of rain in South Australia and Victoria over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop  market kick into ...

Posted 2025-06-13 06:45:07

Snail slows Western Australian hay from moving east

A SMALL green snail has slowed the movement of urgently needed Western Australian hay into South Australia, but fodder expert Tim Ford believes defining national demand is a bigger ...

Posted 2025-05-30 07:43:00

Victrato triggers warning on livestock withholding period

LIVESTOCK producers are being warned to strictly adhere to grazing withholding periods and export slaughter intervals when feeding material from wheat and barley crops treated with a newly ...

Posted 2025-06-06 07:00:30

Despite rain, fodder squeeze tipped to linger into September

RECENT rain across most of Victoria and South Australia has already sparked germination of crops and pastures, and stock are expected to progressively return to grazing over coming ...

Posted 2025-06-11 06:50:41

Agriculture Victoria offers free biosecurity service for fodder

AGRICULTURE Victoria is offering a free biosecurity service with a two-day permit request response turnaround for Victorian farmers and others looking to bring fodder into the ...

Posted 2025-06-11 06:50:53

Flock number is wrong, produce more lambs – Trompf

SHEEP producers were urged to focus on creating more animals over the next five years because national flock estimates over recent years have been overstated, consultant Jason Trompf has told a ...

Posted 2025-06-04 07:23:05

South Australian producers destock as rain helps some

ALMOST 80 percent of livestock producers responding to a Livestock SA survey have undertaken varying levels of destocking and 6pc have moved all stock off ...

Posted 2025-05-27 03:01:48

Feedgrain Focus: South softens ahead of forecast rain

A load of hay arrives in South Australia — one of many heading into drought-affected parts of south-eastern Australia after an extremely dry autumn to date, and what for ...

Posted 2025-05-26 06:25:21

Feedgrain Focus: Values drop after patchy southern rain

PRICES paid for wheat and barley have dropped by up to $10 per tonne in the past week on softer offshore markets, and patchy rain for the areas that need it in south-eastern ...

Posted 2025-06-02 05:47:57

Footrot vaccine progress, but full registration years away

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia believes a clear pathway to availability of a custom footrot vaccine has been identified after work with intellectual property owner the University of Sydney and other ...

Posted 2025-06-02 06:56:24