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Farm Tender Daily - All the news from Thursday, the 2nd of November, 2023.By Dwain Duxson - Click here to go to the Farmer Tender website.
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NFF Conference Report Card - Basically, it wasn't grass rootsy enough for me, so I am going to be slightly critical. It was all about sponsors, selfies and see ya laters. I keep asking myself, why aren't Farmers at these types of events, and then I tell myself, I'm glad they didn't come because they would be bored.
Sponsors - Once again, it took up an estimated 60 percent of the speaking time. Pushing products does not make for interesting listening. Selfies - I lost count of the number of participants who posted a selfie on social media with either/or a politician, an outgoing or incoming NFF president, or a couple of famous analysts (one with a long beard) who were present. See ya laters - I have never seen so much admiration for a person in a senior role than Fiona Simson. She has certainly been a very popular leader, and people obviously think she is wonderful. But has she shifted the needle? If you look at the things we are fighting now, Live Exports, Water buy-backs, Energy projects, Methane accusations, and Cultural Heritage Laws, some of these things were initiated under her watch, and now we are in a battle up to our neck to fend off these anti Farming policies.
I think in the past, the NFF has ogled around the coat-tail level of the politicians and never taken them to task.
The future is positive, I think. If David Jochinke's opening speech is anything to go by, then finally, the NFF will fight any anti-Farming policies presented by the government. I hope David sticks to his word because we need a much stronger industry body representing us against Agricultural ministers who don't know or support Agriculture. Would anyone like to add to or challenge these thoughts?
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Farmers helping our own (FHOO) events - See the link to register here and go to the Facebook page here for updates.
Auction next week - It starts next Tuesday, Melbourne Cup Day. See the link here.
Friday’s trends - Today’s sales trends included Utes, Oats, Feed Barley, Air Compressors, Irrigators, Tractors, a Truck and Dog, Wheaten Hay, Headers Fronts and Ryegrass Hay.
Current Fertiliser prices: (all prices are Ex GST).
Urea - $790.00 (Brisbane, Newcastle, Geelong, Portland) (NC), $830.00 (Adelaide) (NC), MAP - $1050.00 (All Ports) (NC) - DAP - $1065.00 (All ports) (NC), SSP - $679.00 (Brisbane) (NC), $465.00 (Brisbane, Newcastle, Geelong, Portland) (NC), MoP - $880.00 (Brisbane, Geelong, Adelaide) (In very short supply) (NC), SoP - $1520.00 (Brisbane) (NC), $1560.00 (Newcastle) (NC), $1620 (Adelaide) (NC), Gran-Am $495.00 (All ports) (NC), Granulock Z - $1,120.00 (All Ports) (NC), Granulock SS - $1050.00 (Geelong & Portland only) (NC). Please note: All ports include the following locations: Geelong, Portland, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Newcastle.
Ring Ellen on 0418 137 224 for any Fertiliser requirements
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Dwain Duxson
P - 0427 011 900
E - [email protected]
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