Great time to grow your own feed and save money
Home grown feed may be a particularly cost-effective proposition this year, says proprietary pasture seed company PGG Wrightson. The firm’s product development manager Allan Mudford says hot and dry conditions last spring and over summer across the country have seen a drop in the available amount of quality hay and silage. “This lower supply also […]
Grain transport the major cost in export supply chain
The major cost associated with export grain supply chains is transport. The cost for growers to move grain from farm to port is around 33 per cent of their total overall grain production cost. And growers have limited control over what is usually their single largest expense. This information has been verified in a report […]
Next era of agriculture drives evokeAG event next February
Melbourne will host a unique international technology event specifically for the food and farming community in February 2019, called evokeAG. The event will be staged by AgriFutures Australia, which sees the threshold of the next era in global agriculture. “With the explosion of technologies like machine learning, robotics, synthetic biology, internet of things, augmented reality […]
Farm machines will lead the drive to digitise
Emerging trends in digital and automation technology offer a bright future for farm machines, says the Australian general manager of the global technology company Lapp. Simon Pullinger points to five trends – intensified networking and miniaturisation, use of connectors instead of direct wiring, a trend towards system solutions, DC power replacing AC and co-existence of […]
LambEx 2018 offers a $13,000 prize pool to Young Guns
The Australian lamb industry will again acknowledge young and upcoming producers, industry professionals and scientists, in the LambEx 2018 Young Guns Competition. Entrants will compete for a record $13,000 worth of prizes to be presented during the LambEx 2018 event in Perth from 5 to 7 August 2018. The competition aims to reward and encourage […]