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, 22/04/2025
The weaker A$ has lifted northern markets and southern wheat by up to $10/t in the past week, with sorghum the volume mover to supply buoyant Chinese demand…Read More
Liz Wells, 14/04/2025
A broad-brush look at grain use in Australia’s major animal-production sectors still has lotfeeders on top for volume, and pork looking likely to overtake dairy in coming years…Read More
Liz Wells, 08/04/2025
Soaking rain in the northern region has set it up for a strong and early start to winter cropping, while in the south, dry sowing is under way as growers wait for general rain to appear on the forecast…Read More
Liz Wells, 07/04/2025
THE Wagyu sector is exerting a big influence on average days on feed for cattle in Australian feedlots, which last year and the year before hit record highs. Annual average..Read More
RAIN in farming areas of New South Wales and Queensland last week, with more on the forecast to fill in the gaps, has softened bids for wheat and barley…Read More
Liz Wells, 31/03/2025
Seasonal dynamics in the feeder market appear to have changed in the past fortnight, with downward pressure on prices in the north and southern grids on the rise…Read More
Eric Barker, 17/03/2025
Sorghum values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More
Liz Wells, 17/03/2025
The gap between northern and southern feeder steer prices has narrowed in the past fortnight, with northern grids dropping about 10c. All eyes are now on the weather…Read More
Eric Barker, 03/03/2025
Sorghum’s path to port is accelerating in the north, where white grain prices have eased a little, while southern growers are expected to up their selling pace as they start to chase backloads of fertiliser…Read More
Liz Wells, 03/03/2025
Markets have jumped this week, the north by a lot and the south by a little, on an uptick in wheat export volumes and stronger global values…Read More
Liz Wells, 24/02/2025
As delegates at last week’s Armidale Feeder Steer School were told know their cattle and work out how to align them with premium markets, it is worth delving deeper into the priorities of two premium markets from opposite ends of the grainfed spectrum…Read More
Eric Barker, 21/02/2025