Beyond the fleece: the traits woolgrowers are breeding for, and against See what traits breeders are chasing for their flocks in 2026.

The Merino has been trotting around Australian pastures fairly well since colonisation, and while the process of grow sheep, shear sheep, wear wool, has stayed the same for nigh on 250 years, more has changed than you may think. 👀

#AusAg #WearWool #AgSky

www.theland.com.au/story/9209892/

Fuel excise halved, truck charges removed for three months - Grain Central The Federal Govt will from Wednesday temporarily halve the fuel and petrol excise, and reduce the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero. ..Read More

Some relief: Fuel excise halved, truck charges removed for three months.
#Iran #agsky #Australia

www.graincentral.com/news/fuel-ex...

A half hour well spent viewing this video - especially at a time when there is mass panic about fossil fuel based fertilisers!
#biochar #Agsky

#agsky

McDonalds USA

@globalecoguy.bsky.social what is your awareness of meat exports in Australia, where one of the main exports is to the USA?

When can you mention this months exports of over 50,000 tons of meat over 15000km and the consequences?
www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-...
#foodsystems #agsky

'Biosecurity emergency': farmers on alert as new pest species confirmed in NSW The invasive cervid is typically found in south-eastern Victoria.

#BREAKING - a new vertebrate pest species has been confirmed in NSW, with biosecurity officers working to eradicate the new incursion.

It's all hands on deck to get this cervid menace under control.

www.theland.com.au/story/9208803/

#Biosecurity #AgSky #AusAg

Ooh, drones being hired from co-ops to get the job done in India, good model .

#agsky

WA's CSBP opens up on fertiliser in trying times - Grain Central CSBP is one of WA's major fertiliser companies, and its latest market update explains what it is doing to shore up supply in the face of war impacting the Persian Gulf. ..Read More

#Australia: WA’s CSBP - fertiliser in trying times: Fertiliser for seedling seems to be secure but uncertainty over coming months as alternative sources like China may cancel export licenses to protect their own production.
#Fertiliser #Iran #Urea #agsky #UAN
www.graincentral.com/news/was-csb...

Image shows a humanoid robot in a cowboy hat, in front of a city skyline. Robot is Johnny 5 from the movie Short Circuit

the e2T mows a field: a small, blue, two-wheel electric tractor with a mowing attachment is in a green field of grass

1988: No Disassemble!
2026: No Diesel!

#farmsky #agsky #EV #tractor #smallfarm

Your Field Trial Will Fail This Year (Unless You Design it Differently) A practical guide to getting better answers from field trials in 2026 — when the stakes have never been higher.

~30% of the world's fertiliser flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

Some analysts are saying the Strait could effectively be closed for months.

FOB nitrogen prices are up 30-60% since the start of the war, if you can get it.

#agsky #precisionagriculture #fertilizer #agtech

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Fertiliser body seeks govt help to ease shortage - Grain Central Australian fertiliser importers are looking beyond the Middle East to source cargoes as their peak body proposes some workarounds with the Federal Government...Read More

#Australia: Fertiliser body seeks govt help to ease shortage.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has throttled the supply of fertiliser to Australia as it enters its peak demand period.
#agsky #agriculture #fertiliser #Iran

www.graincentral.com/news/fertili...

'Staggering': Diesel prices changing several times a week, always up - grape farmer The rural sector says it is being challenged by soaring diesel prices, the likes of which have never seen before.

'Staggering': Diesel prices changing several times a week, always up - grape farmer
#Iran #diesel #harvest #agsky
www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...

Singing in Britain's Got Talent choir 'helps mental health' says farmer Ben Brooke is part of a choir of farmers which has wowed viewers of Britain's Got Talent.

These farmers were pretty good on Britain's Got Talent. Loved they had their work gear. See their performance here👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjTK...

'Singing in BGT choir helps mental health', says farmer
#agsky #choir #Britain’sGotTalent #MentalHealth
www.bbc.com/news/article...

BOM website creator's new $16m contract has climate scientists worried The company responsible for the highly criticised BOM website wins a $16 million tender to build a new climate data website for the government.

Uh oh #agsky #weathersky

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

McCain to close Hastings vegetable processing plant by January 2027 It's not clear how many workers at the plant and growers this will affect.

Good grief. What is wrong with the “current model”?
Hot on the heals of #Watties also pulling out.

Do we need a co-op approach to keep these places going?
McCain to close #Hastings vegetable processing plant by January 2027
#FoodSecurity #agriculture #agsky
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

'Keep it simple': nine livestock producers share their advice for success From mentors to family, who's given you the best livestock advice?

What's that nugget of wisdom that you hold onto?

Out on the road over the last few weeks, I put the question to livestock producers across the state's south, and heard some great advice passed down from family, friends and mentors.

#AgSky #AusAg

www.theland.com.au/story/9204841/

Relevant in NZ incl, narrowing of braided rivers in #Canterbury by encroaching agriculture seeing faster flows & reduced soakage into #aquifers.
#dairying #agriculture #Agsky

As precious groundwater vanishes, a few in California find ways to bring it back Groundwater has fallen to precarious depths in much of the world. New research highlights areas that have been able to bring levels back up.

Ways California is trying to hold onto and replenish groundwater, as the climate warms - a global issue.

As precious #groundwater vanishes, a few in #California find ways to bring it back.

#agsky #aquifers #agriculture
www.latimes.com/environment/...

#agsky

WA plant to produce 2.3Mt of urea from mid-2027 - Grain Central With urea imports under pressure from the Middle East conflict, some domestic production looks set to return next year when WA's Perdaman site kicks into gear...Read More

Won’t help right now, but will help with future shocks.
#WesternAustralia plant to produce 2.3Mt of urea from mid-2027

#Iran #Agsky #urea #fertiliser #foodsecurity

www.graincentral.com/news/wa-plan...

#agsky 👀

#agsky

Australia's top fertiliser input plant shuts for 2 months The shutdown of the Yara Pilbara plant comes as a quarter of global trade in ammonia, used for urea fertiliser and mining explosives, is blocked by war.

More fertiliser issues for Australia. Couldn’t come at a worse time.
Glitch shuts Australia's biggest maker of vital fertiliser input for two months
#agsky #Iran #fertiliser #Australia #agriculture
www.boilingcold.com.au/glitch-shuts...

Apply for ACPF Planning Funding - Great Lakes Commission

The Great Lakes Commission is accepting proposals to use the ACPF to target conservation practices and develop outreach plans in the Great Lakes Basin. Total available: $60,000; up to 10,000 per project. Learn more at the link below.

#agsky #acpf #academicsky #watersky

www.glc.org/work/sedimen...

Thread. #agsky #energysky #Asia

Fertiliser fiasco kindles food for thought - Grain Central Australia is not the only country feeling the pinch of a throttled supply of fertiliser and gas to make it coming out of the Persian Gulf as conflict between Iranian and US-Israeli forces drags on...R...

Fertiliser fiasco kindles food for thought~Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia

#Iran #foodsecurity #urea #fertiliser #agsky #agriculture
www.graincentral.com/markets/fert...

#agsky

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#agsky

Fossil fuel shocks strengthen Gulf investment in African renewables Gulf oil money is flowing into African renewables – and the Iran war is only accelerating the trend.

‘The world is transitioning away from fossil fuels’: Gulf oil investors turn to African renewables
#renewables #solar #africa #wind #agsky #energysky

www.euronews.com/2026/03/16/t...