Tag Archives: Wheat
Low Cost Wheat Production – Video of the day
This is fantastic. Only made on Sunday. Who said growing wheat was expensive? Terrific video from a great new rural blog. Grahame’s Blog If you have a crap broadband speed… Read more
The Harvest From Hell
A poem from the west that sums up the 2008 Wheat harvest in many parts of Australia. The Harvest from Hell… This year will always be one to remember We… Read more
2008 Wheat Crop – A Lost Opportunity – Thanks Tony Burke & Friends
The 2008 wheat harvest is finished and as predicted by Agmates, this years deregulation of the Australian Export Wheat market has been a nightmare for growers. What should have been… Read more
Heavy Rain Wipes Millions Off Aussie Wheat Crop
This is heart breaking for many farmers who are harvesting a bumper crop follow a number of dismal drought affected wheat crops. TWO weeks of rain over the northern NSW… Read more
Australia’s largest Wheat Grower looks to Store 100,000 Tonne On Farm
Australia’s largest Wheat Grower Ron Greentree is looking to store 100,000 tonnes of this years harvest on farm while he waits for better prices. Ron Greentree, who expects to harvest… Read more
Aussie Dollar Crash Shields Farmers
If the Australian Dollar had not crashed from 98 cents US a couple of months ago to 65 cents US now there would be carnage in Australia’s rural sector. The… Read more
A Wheat Grower Talks About Marketing The Crop In A Brave New World
With Wheat harvest approaching, the Aussie Dollar plunging and world financial markets in meltdown, I was wondering how growers were coping with the marketing of their crops. So I called… Read more
Hopes for Crops Fading in Southern NSW & Northern Victoria.
Grain farmers in the Southern Half of NSW and the Northern part of Victoria are desperatley in need of rain if they are to save their winter crops. “Werrimull Victoria… Read more
Wheat prices have tumbled by 50% this year
The are plenty of positives in the global financial crisis for farmers. However as the wheat harvest approaches prices for wheat halved. Rabobank senior analyst Luke Chandler is quoted in… Read more
