Lotfeeding

Feedgrain Focus: northern selling lifts as southern dry drags on

Selling has gained momentum in the north on the back of promising new crop prospects, while concerns are building in south after rainfall fails to deliver on expectations…Read More

Emma Alsop, 05/05/2025

Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers see some promising weekend falls, but more needed

After Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern states, growers received some useful weekend falls – but more is needed…Read More

Emma Alsop, 28/04/2025

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, 22/04/2025

Feedgrain Focus: Weak dollar lifts values

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

Beef still rules the roost in grain use by sector

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

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

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

Wagyu big influence, as average days on feed blows out to 164 days

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

Matt Dalgleish, Ep3, 01/04/2025

Feedgrain Focus: Qld, NSW rain softens cereal markets

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

Feeder cattle market: Southern grids lift as northern prices face downward pressure

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

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

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

Feeder cattle market: Northern grids soften 10c with market on cyclone watch

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

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum moves to port, south booking fert

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

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