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Sheep shearers are a hot commodity in Australia right now as producers try to capitalize on higher wool prices after a generations-long slump.

Falling off the sheep’s back: Why Australia can’t capitalize on record wool prices

A long-awaited surge in wool prices has met a shortage in key personnel and a low sheep count

By Colin Packham, Jonathan Barrett April 3, 2018

Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there aren’t enough shearers to trim their golden fleeces. “Once upon a time you could go down to the local pub and arrange for some fellas to come in and start almost immediately —

Crops, Markets

Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 15, 2018

CNS Canada — With feed barley in tight supply, the tables have flipped with feed prices now sitting higher than those for malt barley in Western Canada. Feed barley prices “make some of these other prices look a bit ridiculous. There’s no demand from the domestic maltsters because they’ve all been plugged up ever since

Markets

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News February 21, 2018

Wellington/Sydney | Reuters — The final version of a landmark deal aimed at cutting trade barriers in some of the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-growing economies was released on Wednesday, signalling the pact was a step closer to reality even without its star member the U.S. More than 20 provisions have been suspended or changed in the final

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia makes progress with India, Canada waits

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 23, 2018

CNS Canada –– Pulse crop prices in Western Canada are holding steady while questions remain about the future of trade with India. India in November imposed a 50 per cent import tariff on peas and in December a 30 per cent tariff was placed on chickpeas and lentils. The tariffs were imposed overnight and left

Crops

Australia takes Canada to WTO over wine rules

By GFM Network News, Tom Miles January 16, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — Australia has complained at the World Trade Organization about Canada’s rules on wine sales, expanding a similar U.S. complaint against one province. In October, Washington accused British Columbia of providing an unfair advantage to local vineyards by giving their wine an exclusive retail channel in grocery store shelves and cutting out

Crops

Dreyfus to sell Australian fertilizer unit to Agrium

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 12, 2017

Paris/Winnipeg | Reuters — Global commodity trader Louis Dreyfus has agreed to sell its fertilizer business to Canada’s Agrium as it continues an overhaul in response to tough agricultural markets. Louis Dreyfus is to sell Macrofertil Australia, which has annual sales of around US$120 million, to Agrium’s Australian unit Landmark Operations in a deal expected

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans, meal rise on Argentina weather

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer December 4, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to a three-week high on Monday and soymeal jumped more than two per cent on buying backed by concerns that dry weather in Argentina will hurt crop yields. Corn futures fell more than one per cent, reversing early gains after technical selling, while wheat futures also eased

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo woos Australia farmers in Murray Goulburn rebuild

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 2, 2017

Winnipeg | Reuters — Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairy producers, aims to return Australia’s Murray Goulburn Co-operative to profit by aggressively pursuing more of the country’s milk supply, its CEO said on Thursday. The Montreal-based company agreed last week to buy the co-operative for C$1.3 billion including debt, and has already planned 15 meetings

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo to buy Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 26, 2017

Reuters — Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Australia’s largest milk processor, on Friday said it agreed to a buyout from Canadian dairy company Saputo worth up to A$637.8 million (C$627.5 million). Murray Goulburn (MG) said Saputo would pay between A$1.10-$1.15 per share, compared to its A$2.10 issue price when it listed in 2015. A total buyout value

Crops, Markets

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Heading into the New Year, Canadian lentil markets will be quiet, according to an analyst. “It’s not exactly what farmers expected. They have had three years of very brisk intake and it will take a little bit of an adjustment to realize that the market is not coming to them as readily

Daily Network News

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Chicken, eggs benefit from demand for economical protein

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Tag Archives Australia

Falling off the sheep’s back: Why Australia can’t capitalize on record wool prices

Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia makes progress with India, Canada waits

Australia takes Canada to WTO over wine rules

Dreyfus to sell Australian fertilizer unit to Agrium

U.S. grains: Soybeans, meal rise on Argentina weather

Saputo woos Australia farmers in Murray Goulburn rebuild

Saputo to buy Australian dairy co-op Murray Goulburn

Lentil market quiet heading into new year

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