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Weather bureau says El Niño underway in Tropical Pacific

AUSTRALIA’S Bureau of Meteorology has announced that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is now in an El Niño phase, releasing a detailed statement explaining the likely impacts of the cyclical weather phenomenon on winter and spring rainfall and temperatures…Read More

Burau of Meteorology, June 17, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 16 June 2026 + outlook map

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 25-100mm were recorded across the west of Western Australia, coastal South Australia, western Tasmania, the south-eastern ranges, and areas of southern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales…Read More

Sheep Central, June 16, 2026

Weekly rainfall update to 8 June 2026 + rainfall outlook map

A vigorous low pressure system crossed the south-east, bringing widespread showers and rain, local thunderstorms, some minor riverine flooding in Tasmania and northern Victoria, and coastal flooding in Victoria during high tides…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 9, 2026

Weekly rainfall update to 1 June 2026 + rainfall outlook map

COLD fronts during the week brought light to moderate rainfall across parts of south-eastern Australia, with weekly rainfall totals of 5-50 mm, and locally higher falls, in parts of South Australia, much of Victoria into southern and inland New South Wales, and in western Tasmania…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 3, 2026

Below average rain likely in long-range forecast for winter 2026

THE Bureau of Meteorology has released its winter long-range forecast showing rainfall for June, July and August is likely to be below average for most central, southern and eastern parts of Australia…Read More

Terry Sim, June 3, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 25 May 2026 + outlook map

A NORTH-WEST cloud band interacting with onshore flow along the east coast on 19 May contributed most of the weekly rainfall totals of 25-100mm and locally higher falls, in far-eastern Victoria, central and eastern New South Wales and parts of southern Queensland…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, May 26, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 18 May 2026 + outlook map

TROPICAL moisture from a north-west cloud band brought rainfall across a diagonal band spanning Australia to the south-east, including weekly totals of at least 5-50mm over most of the region, and up to more than 100mm in the north of the Lake Eyre basin…Read More

Guest Author, May 19, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 12 May 2026 + outlook map

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 10-50mm were recorded across Tasmania and southern, central and eastern parts of Victoria, with falls greater than 50mm in western Tasmania and in central Victoria…Read More

Sheep Central, May 12, 2026

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23 Jun 2026 (updated 10am daily)
Company Price Trending
Elders $8.96
Australian Agricultural Co $1.52
Graincorp $7.29
Ridley $2.12
Woolworths $36.64
Wellard $0.06
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