Nikki Reynolds

Climbing canola prices are welcome for some farmers and bittersweet for others.

Wheat futures have taken a tumble in the past five days, and Australian growers are watching on as they weigh up their selling options.

Grains industry advocate Justin Everitt of Brocklesby in southern NSW has been elected to the board of NSW Farmers.

Some of the gloss could return to canola prices if overseas markets are to be a guide.

Early flowering canola crops throughout the Riverina and parts of northern Victoria are proof of the stress winter crops were under due to the dry start to the season.

Western Australian producers could harvest a 16,318,000 tonne crop but it all hinges on rain.

Damaging winds, cold fronts and rain is whipping Australia’s farming districts with some Victorian regions on watch-and-act alerts due to risk of flooding.

While some farmers are emptying out the rain gauge, others are waiting and hoping.

Deteriorating seasonal conditions in some of Australia’s key livestock-producing regions have prompted a national fodder inventory.

Derby cropping farmer Glen Bunnett finished spreading urea on Monday morning just as follow-up rain started to arrive.