Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: Mixed ideas about Victoria and SA hold sway

MIXED conditions in south-eastern Australia are weighing on ideas about new crop pricing and volume now that the new financial year has arrived…Read More

Liz Wells, July 7, 2025

Cavalcade legume leads southern interest for NT hay

THE ongoing drought across South Australia and Victoria is forcing a rethink in hay sourcing, with suppliers now turning to tropical varieties such as Cavalcade legume and Jarra grass from the Northern Territory to help fill the feed gap…Read More

Emma Alsop, July 3, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Cautious optimism builds in south

AMID ongoing drought feeding demand, bright prospects for the northern crop and cautious optimism for the south, prices for wheat and barley are largely unchanged…Read More

Liz Wells, July 1, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat kicks on offshore rally

A RALLY in offshore wheat prices has kicked local values higher and sparked a surge in traded volumes as cautious optimism about south-eastern Australia’s season builds…Read More

Liz Wells, June 23, 2025

Hay market still hot after rain in South Australia and Victoria

RECENT rain in the drought-affected regions of south eastern Australia has seen up-country barley prices drop a few dollars, but the fodder market is showing no sign of easing…Read More

Liz Wells, June 19, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease on southern break

THE MUCH-ANTIPICATED arrival of rain in South Australia and Victoria over the weekend has seen prices soften and the southern new-crop  market kick into gear…Read More

Liz Wells, June 13, 2025

Agriculture Victoria offers free biosecurity service for fodder

AGRICULTURE Victoria is offering a free biosecurity service with a two-day permit request response turnaround for Victorian farmers and others looking to bring fodder into the state…Read More

Sheep Central, June 11, 2025

Victrato triggers warning on livestock withholding period

LIVESTOCK producers are being warned to strictly adhere to grazing withholding periods and export slaughter intervals when feeding material from wheat and barley crops treated with a newly approved fungicide…Read More

Lydia Burton, June 6, 2025

Footrot vaccine progress, but full registration years away

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia believes a clear pathway to availability of a custom footrot vaccine has been identified after work with intellectual property owner the University of Sydney and other agencies…Read More

Sheep Central, June 2, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Values drop after patchy southern rain

PRICES paid for wheat and barley have dropped by up to $10 per tonne in the past week on softer offshore markets, and patchy rain for the areas that need it in south-eastern Australia…Read More

Liz Wells, June 2, 2025

Snail slows Western Australian hay from moving east

A SMALL green snail has slowed the movement of urgently needed Western Australian hay into South Australia, but fodder expert Tim Ford believes defining national demand is a bigger issue…Read More

Liz Wells and Terry Sim, May 30, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: South softens ahead of forecast rain

A load of hay arrives in South Australia — one of many heading into drought-affected parts of south-eastern Australia after an extremely dry autumn to date, and what for many..Read More

Liz Wells, May 26, 2025

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