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Another robust harvest ahead, but prices fail to keep pace – Rabobank 2025/26 Australian winter crop forecast
Another robust harvest ahead, but prices fail to keep pace – Rabobank 2025/26 Australian winter crop forecast
Australia is forecast to harvest a larger winter grain crop this year, with Rabobank estimating...
Another robust harvest ahead, but prices fail to keep pace – Rabobank 2025/26 Australian winter crop forecast
Another robust harvest ahead, but prices fail to keep pace – Rabobank 2025/26 Australian winter crop forecast
Australia is forecast to harvest a larger winter grain crop this year, with Rabobank estimating...
Pulses market dynamics mirroring wheat and barley – increasing global supply pressuring prices
Pulses market dynamics mirroring wheat and barley – increasing global supply pressuring prices
Australian pulse prices have softened in recent weeks, largely due to an above-average monsoon across...
On-farm inflation straining farm margins
On-farm inflation straining farm margins
Farm input price inflation has been an ongoing theme in 2025, and elevated prices look...
90 Producers, Endless Insights – Feedbase Focus
90 Producers, Endless Insights – Feedbase Focus
On Wednesday, 3rd September, Southern Farming Systems (SFS) hosted its annual Feedbase Focus field day...
Bears on the prowl for global wheat markets
Bears on the prowl for global wheat markets
Last month, the S&P GSCI Grains Spot Index – a key global benchmark for investment...
Australia’s 2025/26 crop – full bins and empty prices, but not for canola
Australia’s 2025/26 crop – full bins and empty prices, but not for canola
Growing-season rainfall has been favourable across most Australian cropping regions, with the outlook indicating above-average...
Southern Farming Systems Applauds Greta Duff’s GRDC Appointment
Southern Farming Systems Applauds Greta Duff’s GRDC Appointment
Southern Farming Systems (SFS) is delighted to congratulate our Research and Extension Coordinator, Greta Duff,...
Improving your Nitrogen Use Efficiency with the ‘Right Product’
Improving your Nitrogen Use Efficiency with the ‘Right Product’
With crops at the site starting to progress with some timely rainfall in June and...
Gibberellic acid: cost-effective pasture booster
Gibberellic acid: cost-effective pasture booster
Feeling the pinch? Not enough pasture to lamb on? Looking for a cheaper way to...
The reshaping of European and Indonesian grain trade flows
The reshaping of European and Indonesian grain trade flows
Two major developments are reshaping the global grain trade in mid-2025, with significant implications for...
Early season weed management and considerations
Early season weed management and considerations
As the early growing season unfolds in south-west Victoria, a familiar yet critical challenge emerges...
From Dirt to Data: The Next Phase Begins
From Dirt to Data: The Next Phase Begins
Sowing is done, and we’re straight into assessments and applications! One great thing about this...
Geopolitics and biofuel policy ‘moving the needle’ for canola
Geopolitics and biofuel policy ‘moving the needle’ for canola
Geopolitics and biofuel policy have been the latest ‘needle movers’ in the canola market, despite...
Long term persistent weed initiative trials for grain growers
Long term persistent weed initiative trials for grain growers
Annual Ryegrass (ARG) is one of the most challenging weeds for grain growers in South-West...
Considerations for sowing winter/spring feed options.
Considerations for sowing winter/spring feed options.
After a dry start to 2025, maybe you’re thinking of sowing a winter fodder crop...
Global urea supplies face headwinds, despite China’s return to the export market
Global urea supplies face headwinds, despite China’s return to the export market
Urea prices are notorious for being highly volatile and, in recent months, they have lived...
