870 - Wednesday's Daily

Farm Tender Daily - All the news for Wednesday, the 22nd of April, 2026.

🌾HAY REPORT - “Unwelcome Dry” 🌾 
For the fortnight up to the 22nd April 2026. By Shane Ruyg

It’s been a busy fortnight, with drought like conditions pushing growers to the edge. The New England region of NSW is slipping deeper into drought, and if conditions don’t turn soon, carting water could become a reality.

We’re seeing large volumes of hay moving north every week……

Back in a fortnight……
Shane Ruyg

Click here to go to the full report.

What's happened to Hay prices over the last fortnight?
Here are the latest prices;

• Vetch is in the bracket of $280 to $455 a tonne (New Season)

•  Cereal Hay ranges from $200 to $390 a tonne (New Season)

•  Lucerne Hay ranges from $340 to $615 a tonne.

•  Clover & Rye Hay ranges from $350-$380 a tonne.

•  New Season Straw ranges (at the moment) is from $90-$155 a tonne..

For more information on selling or buying Hay contact the following:

Paul Grayling – 0447 069 082 or [email protected]

Shane Ruyg – 0447 922 604 or [email protected]

Mike Pickard – 0429 677 636 or [email protected]

Jim Oehms -- 0481 102 288 or [email protected]

Or call us on 1300 Farming (1300 327 646)

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What was in this mornings edition of The Farmers Club.

4 new contributors - We are about to release our 4th writing contributor to The Farmers Club newsletter. This week, we had Michael Bagshaw on Monday, who wrote about the ramifications of the instant asset write-off scheme. He said this: "If you've fully depreciated an asset, and you trade this in, the value of that trade becomes assessable income. The caveat, of course, is that it all depends……"

We welcomed Caleb Schwartz on Tuesday, who did his first column this week about his move to Alice Springs for work. Caleb is 22 and will give us a young person's perspective, which we are looking forward to. He said this in his column: "Seeing Agriculture here in Central Australia has certainly challenged some of my paradigms from my upbringing and studies".

Bec Lindert is on her second article and is our star on Thursdays. Bec spoke about tracability and said this: "Growers standing in paddocks wearing Australian Cotton. Great story, fantastic marketing campaign. But no real commercial value back to the grower, just intrinsic and feel-good value. Traceability solved a brand problem for the likes of Nike".

We will announce our 4th one on Friday. She is someone you might know well, and her writing is amazing. Have a great Wednesday night.

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