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Australian farmers checking out machinery at AgQuip Field Days near Gunnedah, NSW.

PHOTOS: Take a look at Australia’s biggest farm equipment expo

By Lisa Guenther August 19, 2015

Grainews editors Lisa Guenther and Scott Garvey are in Australia this week for events including Commonwealth Bank AgQuip, billed as the country’s biggest agricultural and rural marketplace. The show runs Aug. 18 to 20 this year just west of Gunnedah, about 400 km north of Sydney, in New South Wales. Organizers estimate the show, organized […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Chinese billionaire buys Australian cattle stations

By GFM Network News July 15, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– A Chinese billionaire has bought two large Australian cattle stations for A$47 million (C$44.8 million), in at least the third deal this year involving a Chinese investor buying into the country’s farmlands. Xingfa Ma, who owns the Tianma Bearing Group Co., snapped up 40,000 head of cattle along with the 705,700-hectare […] Read more

Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies for the week centred on June 3. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Warming Pacific waters seen fuelling lengthy El Nino

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 10, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Pacific Ocean temperatures continue to warm, supporting El Nino weather conditions for the rest of 2015, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said Tuesday. An El Nino can have devastating consequences for agriculture globally, causing heavy rains and floods in South America and scorching weather in Asia and as far away as east […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Simple Bud Box adds ease to cattle handling

Famed cattle handler Bud Williams left a legacy with a design that’s been copied across the world

By Kim Nielsen May 29, 2015

I always marvel at farmer innovations and the fact some people continue the search for “a better mousetrap” even as you might say they are getting “long in the tooth.” The late Bud Williams was an exemplary lifelong learner, fine-tuning ways to handle livestock throughout his life and never passing up the opportunity to share […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Australia beef exports to fall on lower slaughter rate

By GFM Network News April 17, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — Exports of Australian beef are likely to fall faster than previously expected as slaughter rates drop off as a two-year drought eases, threatening to add fuel to a rally in U.S. beef prices. A record slaughter rate has dropped nearly a fifth in the last two weeks, as farmers start to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Australia’s largest private land owner to sell cattle business

By GFM Network News April 10, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — Australia’s largest private land owner will sell its cattle operations, including the world’s largest ranch and an area equivalent in size to South Korea, to raise cash for other businesses and investments. S. Kidman and Co. said it will sell its privately owned 11 cattle stations and a feedlot, complete with […] Read more

Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)

General, Markets, Reuters

Australia backs farmers on foreign ownership gripes

By GFM Network News March 5, 2015

Canberra | Reuters –– The Australian government has sided with farmers who say official data vastly underestimates foreign ownership of the nation’s farmland, as it moves to clamp down on overseas purchases of agricultural land. Foreign ownership is a key concern for many farmers, a crucial part of the conservative government’s support base, who worry […] Read more

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott, shown here at the U.N. in September, is backing plans for a nationwide country-of-origin labelling program. (PM.gov.au via Flickr)

General, Markets, Reuters

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

By GFM Network News February 26, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Thursday to introduce country-of-origin labelling in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak, potentially risking contravention of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. With 18 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to consumption of berries sold by Patties Foods Ltd., Abbott said he had […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

By GFM Network News February 12, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia tightened rules on Wednesday over foreign ownership of its agricultural land amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security, slashing the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. From March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land over A$15 million (C$14.51 million) will be subject […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

By GFM Network News January 28, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australia faces a rise in temperature of potentially more than 5 C by the end of the century, outpacing global warming worldwide, the country’s national science agency said Tuesday. In its most comprehensive analysis yet of the impacts of climate change, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) painted a […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Tag Archives Australia

PHOTOS: Take a look at Australia’s biggest farm equipment expo

Chinese billionaire buys Australian cattle stations

Warming Pacific waters seen fuelling lengthy El Nino

Simple Bud Box adds ease to cattle handling

Australia beef exports to fall on lower slaughter rate

Australia’s largest private land owner to sell cattle business

Australia backs farmers on foreign ownership gripes

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

Australia’s temperatures found fastest-rising worldwide

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