Nutrition & Animal Health

Local farmers acquire Roma stockfeed business

ROMA-BASED beef producers Cam and Sharon Colley have taken over stockfeed manufacturer Top Country, signalling plans to grow the business and bring fresh ideas to its product range…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 30, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

AFTER the Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern New South Wales, western Victoria and South Australia, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Dollar rebound pressures values

A REBOUND in the Australian dollar — up four cents from a low of below US60 cents — has pared back some of the recent gains in grain prices…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 22, 2025

Ridley exits SA with $22M sale of Wasleys mill to Baiada

AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller, Ridley Corporation, has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 million…Read More

Sheep Central, April 22, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Weak Aussie dollar lifts values

A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets in order to compete…Read More

Liz Wells, April 14, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping program…Read More

Liz Wells, April 7, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Export, consumer, grazier demand lifts values

VALUES have lifted this week as sorghum exports kick into gear, and bids to growers climb lift to entice volume out of on-farm storages and depots…Read More

Liz Wells, March 24, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifted as cyclone neared Brisbane

THE sorghum market has firmed in response to news that China is imposing a tariff on United States sorghum, while wheat and barley price moves in the northern and southern markets have been mixed and moderate…Read More

Liz Wells, March 9, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum moves to port, south booking fertiliser

PRICE moves for feed wheat and barley have been mixed and moderate in the past week as the supply chain for export sorghum gears up ahead of the season’s first cargo…Read More

Liz Wells, March 3, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Northern bids jump to draw out volume

NORTHERN wheat and barley values have jumped in the past week in response to a firming international market and rising bids from consumers needing to extend coverage…Read More

Liz Wells, February 24, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: SA demand lifts barley values

A TIGHTENING feed situation in South Australia has lifted bids for up-country barley by up to $15 per tonne in the past week as the hotspot in a flat to slightly firmer market for white grains…Read More

Liz Wells, February 17, 2025

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