Farmanco Facts - April 2026
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Turbulent times, concerns about cost and availability of fuel and inputs, and another seeding season begins.
Farmanco Management Consultants are winding up their review season reporting process; Agronomists are on‑farm; and the Grain Marketing team are on their laptops, watching the markets, writing amazing informative articles for Farmanco Facts, and looking for the best contracts for our clients.
Farmanco Facts has timely, informative, advice, and a link to our Farmanco Facts survey.
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The Oil Crisis and You
Jonathan Uphill (Farm Management Consultant, Wagga)
Shortages are likely on fertiliser and fuel. Secure your supply where you can. Don’t wait for your suppliers to call you.
Think through alternatives for your business so you are prepared in case fertiliser or diesel are not available.
Use the professionals around your business to help work through options.
Use the people around you to help think through alternatives. Options that may work for your neighbour may not make sense in your business. Some choices you make now could later prove to be wrong.
What Can We Expect Out Of Our Organic Carbons?
Holly Mackie (Agronomist)
1% SOC in soils can provide up to 40 to 60 kg N/ha/year in good conditions.
Available N will be limited by dry conditions, cold weather, low oxygen level in the soil, as well as leaching and denitrification.
When conditions are dry, soil will provide little to no mineralised N.
Has The WA Oat Market Grown Up?
Mae Connelly (Grain Marketing Consultant)
Large oat crops do not automatically mean a price collapse.
Oat prices generally move with wheat and barley markets.
Relative oat values have strengthened over the past decade.
The WA oat market appears deeper and more resilient than before.
Oats have a reputation in WA as a crop where prices crash as soon as ‘too many’ tonnes are grown … Historically there was truth to this … However, the WA oat market has changed significantly over the past decade.
N Decisions: Basic Zoning
Giles McMeikan (Precision Ag Consultant)
Highest yielding ≠ highest nitrogen requirement.
Basic zoning can increase return on investment per unit of nitrogen.
Most growers have access to enough data to create basic zone maps.
Fuel issues, and of course fertiliser are all being affected by the current geopolitical situation. When situations like this arise … it is a reminder of the value in understanding your paddock variability …
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