Drench resistance testing
A study by MLA in 2019 reported that gastrointestinal worms cost the Australian sheep industry $450 million dollars annually. To ensure that you are minimising…
Animal Health, Sheep
Controlling Bifora
Bifora (Bifora testiculata) is an annual weed in cropping regions. Its presence in grain and hay is considered contamination and will therefore also reduce their market…
Cropping
Consumer confidence is key ingredient
Auction prices were fairly frantic at the Australian fashion industry’s raw material sales last week as a degree of optimism spread through the trade and…
Wool
Record crowds for Elders FarmFest 2021
It was a history-making moment for the Toowoomba region this week, with Queensland’s largest agricultural field days, Elders FarmFest, returning to host record visitor numbers.…
Corporate
Green peach aphid control in canola
Green peach aphids attack many crops in Australia, with canola being particularly vulnerable in broadacre cropping areas of the WA grain belt. As agronomist Benita…
Cropping
Make tax time work for the farm with 4.2% prepayment rewards
Farmers have found a way to bring farm expenses forward ahead of June 30 and earn 4.2 per cent on those funds, while keeping their…
Farm Supplies, Financial Services
Elders cuts out the carbon farming middleman
Agribusiness Elders is launching a carbon farming service it says puts the emphasis firmly on farm productivity while cutting out middlemen who normally take a…
Corporate, Tech Services
Water trading update – week ending 4 June 2021
The price of temporary water in Northern Victoria and the NSW Murray has increased over the past few weeks with irrigators purchasing water to balance…
Corporate, Water trading
Timing is everything
The old adage ‘timing is everything’ is certainly true in farmland decisions says Elders Real Estate senior rural executive WA, Simon Cheetham. “A sceptic may…
