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USDA lowers U.S. soybean/corn yield estimates

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 8, 2024

There were a few tweaks to the latest monthly report from the United States Department of Agriculture released on Nov. 8. The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates not only lowered yields for U.S. corn and soybeans, the department reduced the ending stocks for both.

A worker packs boxes of processed meat at the Monbeef abattoir in Cooma, Australia October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

Livestock, News

Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

By Peter Hobson, Reuters October 17, 2024

A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.

A quarantine area sign is attached to a tree at a quarantine zone after an outbreak of Bird flu in Victoria, Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action via Reuters

Livestock, News

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

By Lucy Craymer, Peter Hobson, Reuters October 9, 2024

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.

Protesters hold up signs during a National farmers rally outside Parliament in Canberra, Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

News

Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

By Peter Hobson, Reuters September 10, 2024

Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.

Crops, News

Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 3, 2024

Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would be up by 2.7 million […] Read more

Markets

Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm September 3, 2024

Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the 2024-25 crop year, 70 per […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Pulse Weekly: Increased Australian production could pose greater export challenges for Canada

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 4, 2024

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences released its monthly supply and demand report on June 3. The report showed a 57.2 per cent increase for Australia’s chickpea production at 1.15 million tonnes in 2024/25. The country’s lentil output is to change very slightly with a dip of a mere 2,000 tonnes from a year ago at 1.61 million.

Markets

Bigger cereal, pulse crops for Australia as canola contracts

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 3, 2024

Winter crop production in Australia has been projected to increase nine per cent at 51.3 million tonnes for 2024/25. That’s according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences which issued its latest supply and demand report on June 3.

Markets, News

Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola

A significant increase in domestic crush capacity is expected to lower exports and reduce competition for Australia

By Sean Pratt May 13, 2024

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is forecasting reduced competition from its main competitor and continued strong demand from its top export market.

File photo of a vineyard in South Australia. (Alicat/iStock/Getty Images)

News

Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests

By Peter Hobson, Reuters May 13, 2024

Australia's Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied carbon dioxide in the country's largest aquifer, a plan farm groups say must be blocked because it risks poisoning water supplies.

Tag Archives australia — page 2

USDA lowers U.S. soybean/corn yield estimates

Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES

Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion

Pulse Weekly: Increased Australian production could pose greater export challenges for Canada

Bigger cereal, pulse crops for Australia as canola contracts

Canada’s crush boom to benefit Aussie canola

Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests

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