Helping farmers to pocket the savings
Market report for 21st and 22nd November Wednesday Fat Sale 314 head. Thursday Bull and Cow Sale 44 bulls, 263 cows and 42 steers.
314 head this Wednesday for the fat sale, which is 44 less than last week. Top vealer making 315 cents per kg, same as last week. There was 209 vealers, 80 less with average 243.7, up 2 cents.
There was 49 heifers offered, 11 more with the top 270 , up 7 cents.
There was 56 steers offered, 20 more than last week to top at 290, up 20 cents.
The yard average was 236.1, which was up 5 cents on last week.
The bull sale on Thursday had 44 bulls, 24 more than last week. Sold to top of 270.6 cents per kg with demand still very strong on bulls. The bull average was 209.9 cents, down 10 cents with a lot of lighter dairy bulls on offer.
Beef cows sold to good demand for the better cows, saw the top cow make 235.2 cents, up 17 cents. 42 steers were yarded to sell to 260 to average 243.5. The good run of dairy cows sold with good demand. The cow average was 173 cents, up 9 cents. The yard average was 187.4, up 17 cents. The average per head of 349 cattle yarded was 989.82.
Vealers 3 Lim 1 Lim 2 Lim 1 Lim 14 Lim 28 Char Steers 1 M/G 1 Ang 5 Ang 1 Ang 1 Ang 1 Ang Heifers 1 Lim N Amoruso, Morwell 1 M/G Mrs Be Brown, Nilma 7 Hfd Orvale Past, Darnum Export Cows & Heifers 1 Hfd A Smeaton, Drouin West 2 Sim S&M Van Hout, Shady Ck 1 Lim A&L Griffen, Lardner 1 Hfd T McCormack, Drouin 1 Lim P&J Sullivan, B/Buln East Dairy Cows 1 Frn D Patten, Lardner 1 Frn D Patten, Lardner 1 Frn DFP Aust, Labertouche 1 Frn P McCauley, Cora Lynn 2 Frn NJ&LA Gregg, Poowong 1 Frn R&S Summerfield, B/Vista 1 Frn S&L Finger, Yannathan 3 Frn G Bramley, Nar Nar Goon Steers 3 Char 4 Ang 2 Ang 2 Frn Bulls 1 Char 1 Lim 1 Lim 1 Hfd 1 Ang 1 Ang
K&W Marshall, Glengarry JH Vickery, Drouin G Cummaudo, Mirboo Nth WR&LM Heyne, Newry K&W Marshall, Glengarry Parklea, Officer
R&L Jarvis, Yarragon JH Vickery, Drouin MJ&GM Cummings, Wgl N Amoruso, Morwell K&K Vistarini, Modella J&C Langelaan, Drouin K Beale, Darnum A Micah, Erica M&L Industries, W/Grove D&K Adams, Tynong
Parklea, Officer M Fisher, Hazelwood Sth Hamilton Park, W/Grove W&M Armstrong, B/Vista A&C Balfour, W/Grove M Wright, Hill End
352 340 400 475 304 470
490 570 584 545 540 505
430 510 451
610 593 650 605 465
755 860 805 765 543 550 590 585
538 710 802 730
1125 860 765 1145 835 820
315.0 310.0 300.0 288.2 288.0 282.7
290.2 278.2 270.9 269.6 267.2 262.0
270.0 269.2 245.0
235.2 234.6 226.0 224.2 222.6
210.0 205.0 205.0 196.6 190.0 186.0 182.0 182.0
248.6 242.6 225.0 212.0
1108 1054 1200 1368 874 1328
1421 1585 1582 1469 1442 1323
1161 1372 1106
1434 1390 1469 1356 1035
1585 1763 1650 1503 1030 1023 1073 1064
1547 1722 1804 1547
270.6 3044 250.6 2155 245.6 1878 234.2 2681 232.6 1942 218.6 1792 1. Elders, 2.
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Farmers who want to cut their fertiliser budgets are being urged to sign up for a Fert$mart course being offered in the Tanjil River catchment.
Glenn Marriott and the team from AgChallenge Consulting are delivering Fert$mart in the Tanjil River catchment and immediate surrounds.
The Fert$mart project aims to assist with your soil and fertility management. Benefits of Fert$mart include:
Upskill your fertiliser and effluent management;
Refine the nutrient management plan on your farm; Discover potential savings to your business; Increase nutrient use efficiency on your farm; Get free nutrient analysis of your dairy effluent; and, Subsidised soil samples. Dairy farmers who have previously participated in the program encouraged Tanjil catchment farmers to sign onto Fert$mart.
Andrew Bacon, who milks 390 cows at Toora said he had slashed $40,000 from his fertiliser budget after doing the Fert$mart course.
“We have already implemented the winding back of our phosphorous and potassium use and going straight nitrogen. Previously we would run blends all the time,” he said.
“We think we will save at least $40,000 this year over what we used to do.”
For South Gippsland farmer Kate Kirk, the program helped create a strategy for more cost effective use of fertilisers.
“It turned out all of our levels of everything were high everywhere on our farm, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about reducing our annual application,” she said.
“We kept the urea up, but we reduced the annual application from about 600 kilos to 400 kilos, which is a saving of about 70 dollars a hectare.”
GippsDairy regional extension officer Ashley Burgess said Andrew’s and Kate’s experiences were typical of farmers who complete the Fert$mart program.
“The consistent message we’ve had from previous participants is that they have saved money and been able to grow just as much, if not more grass than before,” she said.
“It’s a win-win when farmers can improve their business outcomes while reducing the environmental effects of fertiliser applications.”
Numbers are limited so register early with Ashley Burgess on 0438 925 278 or email ashley@gippsdairy.com.au