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Farm Tender Daily - All the news for Wednesday, the 6th of May, 2026.

🌾HAY REPORT - “Welcome Rain for Some” 🌾 
For the fortnight up to the 6th May 2026. By Shane Ruyg

It’s encouraging to finally see some rain fall across parts of the country. While there are still plenty of tough patches doing it hard, this will certainly lift confidence and hopefully get crops moving after sitting dry for the past few weeks.

We’re still hearing of solid volumes of hay heading up……

Click here to go to the full report.

Back in a fortnight……
Shane Ruyg

What's happened to Hay prices over the last fortnight? 

Here are the latest prices.

• Vetch is in the bracket of $250 to $440 a tonne (New Season)

•  Cereal Hay ranges from $200 to $450 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-$150 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's happening over at The Farmers Club?

By Dwain Duxson

• Our latest writings:

• A leading Agriculturalist questions the value of buying Land right at this time.

• Is it a time to start another enterprise through a lease?

• How do we create a low-input, high-output Farming business model? One suggestion is a move to Tassie. We elaborate.

• A so-called expert meteorologist from the US is talking about the strongest El Niño in 150 years. But he also said the next 9 months are going to be wet….

• Is long-term unpaid debt a business inhibitor in 2026?

• When you move somewhere where no one knows you, it’s a great chance to reinvent yourself. I explain what happened when I did it.

• Our youngest guest columnist wrote an article about getting great. It's a ripper.

• There's a movement happening with the Farmers Fightback organisation, going past 50,000 signatures. Sign up here.

• “You don't actually rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems” We unpack this statement.

• There is a level of responsibility attached to your business if you have your Vehicles or Trucks branded. We look at what Jim Riordan does.

• Guest columnist Michael Bagshaw talks about how to make trust deeds great again.

• Have a great Wednesday, and remember to subscribe to invest in yourself and your business.

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