Dec 5, 2024 · ABARES has revised down its forecast for Australia’s 2024-25 sorghum crop to 2.1 million tonnes (Mt) in its quarterly Australian Crop Report released on Tuesday. This is a drop of 300,000t from its September report and now pegs production below the 2023-24 result of 2.215Mt. If realised, the crop would still be well above the 10-year average to 2023-24 of 1.7Mt. “The fall reflects an ...

THE island state of Tasmania has set a new harvest record over the summer just gone based on the biggest ever production of its three main winter crops: wheat, barley and canola. ABARES estimates put production of the three crops combined at 153,000 tonnes, up 47 percent from the previous record of 103,800t set in 2021-22, and the bumper seasons in 2016-17 and 2020-21 which produced 92,100t ...

Jan 20, 2025 · News ORDCO gets WA Govt grant for stockfeed mill ORDCO has received $750,000 from the WA Govt to go towards ramping up its stockfeed production to 25,000t per annum once cottonseed from Kununurra’s new gin becomes available… Read More Grain Central, January 24, 2025

6 days ago · The day ahead Weather – Warmer than average temperatures in Russia currently and rainfall running around 120mm behind normal but as always production is all about what happens in spring. There is talk of winterkill/freeze in the US, but it remains to be seen whether or not it is too early to have a significant impact. Markets – Veg oil made back some of Wednesday’s losses overnight ...

Jan 20, 2025 · The day ahead Weather – Argy has some rain forecast in the next week but as it is nothing of consequence and, coupled with above average temps, the forecast is providing no more confidence to production. Markets – Grains and oilseeds markets closed higher on Friday ahead of a 3-day weekend, supported by Argentina weather concerns and cautious optimism on US-China trade relations following ...

Dec 13, 2024 · GROWERS remain willing sellers of chickpeas, faba beans, and lentils as pulses continue to populate the new-crop shipping stems. Solid demand from South Asia for lentils is seeing plenty of business written for on-farm and accumulated parcels, but the arrival of Canadian and Russian yellow peas, as well as new-crop Australian cargoes, has dampened India’s demand for desi chickpeas. A record ...

Sep 27, 2024 · GROWERS across south-eastern Australia are making some challenging decisions about the future of winter crops hit by a series of frosts over the past fortnight. Depending on the severity and extent of frost on already moisture-stressed crops, the need for fodder, and the outlook for hay and grain prices, frosted crops are being partially or fully cut for hay, sprayed out, grazed out, or deemed ...

May 31, 2024 · AUSTRALIA’S largest oilseed crusher, GrainCorp, is betting big on renewable fuels, and can see itself opening a new refinery as soon as 2026, with potential to build more crushing plants in the future. Speaking at this week’s CSIRO Protein Futures event held in Sydney, GrainCorp’s chief innovation and growth officer Jesse Scott said GrainCorp was also looking into novel, non-food crops ...

Jan 14, 2025 · AMONG the many reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture last Friday was the national Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings update. This report tallies the state planting estimates from the autumn of 2024 and gives the market its first insight into potential US production from the ...

Sep 24, 2024 · FARMERS and grain merchants across the globe are facing the daunting prospect of drastically reduced grain demand from China, the world’s biggest annual importer of agricultural produce, as the second-largest international economy struggles with an ageing population, a significant real estate downturn, slowing consumer spending, and growing geopolitical tensions. The housing bubble in China ...