Elders Narrogin Newsletter_Winter 2019

ELDERS NARROGIN NEWSLETTER WMARARENAAPAGERS commenced employment in our Retail Farm Supplies business to replace Deb Patmore, who Reece Drayton 0408 197 350 Shane Medlen a er 6 years of excellent service decided to try her hand at business ownership. Agronomy It's hard to believe we are already at Katie Wilson will nish up with our Helen Wyatt 0429 950 334 the end of June and about to enter Insurance business, soon to begin with EOFY season again. Where did the Department of Education. We thank Katie Financial Planning last 6 months go? for her service over past three and a half Kelly Fulston 0427 081 817 years. Over the past 6 months Elders have been Livestock extremely active in the Narrogin Area, I am sure everyone breathed a sigh of Paul Keppel 0427 195 184 with the acquisition of Alexander Galt relief in mid June with the rainfall we Je Brown 0437 872 588 Hardware in Wagin late last year and received. It's great to see the countryside opening a new retail Branch in Darkan Stud Sales early February 2019. nally turning green! It was certainly Nathan King 0488 582 455 a tough autumn with dry seeding and July 1st will also see Elders enter the keeping feed up to heavily pregnant Wool Pingelly market place through the ewes. Let's hope the season has turned Tim Burgess 0427 511 286 purchase of the Pingelly Rural Supplies for the better and going forward we business. These acquisitions are in line receive higher than average rainfall over Insurance with Elders intention to support local the coming winter months. Ryan O'Dea 0438 812 829 towns and communities and having local Shawn Heil 0459 077 037 people managing the stores. I hope you enjoy our revamped Newsletter. We have a number of new Real Estate The Narrogin branch has recently had products available for use over the Rural - Je Douglas 0427 425 689 some movements in sta . Kimberly Agars coming months. If something is of Residential - Sandra Hortin 0487 316 906 interest please call the branch as we are keen and ready to assist with your Branch/Area Manager requirements across our full suite of Shane Medlen 0427 939 794 products.

ELDERS NARROGIN NEWSLETTER ELDERS ensure your feed program, animal health Global demand for sheep and lamb NARROGIN and production targets are optimised. continues to track in the right direction LIVESTOCK on the graph and we are continuing to WRAP UP F If you are in need of any advice in this experience growing opportunities to area don’t hesitate to contact either our market sheep and lamb. Paul Keppel & Je Brown farm supplies or livestock sales sta for some assistance. Thank you for your support over the last Firstly we would like to say a big year and we look forward to catching up thank you to our clients for their Over the next six to eight weeks it will be over the winter to ensure your needs are ongoing support over the last an opportune time to sit down with your met this next twelve months. twelve months. We have enjoyed livestock agent and make some analysis a rewarding year on many fronts – of your sales plans for the coming spring KEY SALE DATES: season, markets and wool prices. and summer. 13 Sept - Eastville 16 Sept - Corrigin Breeders Last spring was very kind to our livestock The sheep and wool industries in 23rd Sept - Kolindale a er average opening rains, strong Western Australia are venturing into 24th Sept - Nepowie growing season and a so nish saw some very exciting times if values 27th Sept - Hedingham livestock turned o in fantastic condition continue to maintain these strong levels 1st Oct - Rutherglen and with strong values being achieved. experienced over the last twelve months. 3rd Oct - Seymour Park 7th Oct - Wickepin Circuit Sale Demand for store and breeding sheep 17th Oct - Kaya Dorper was underpinned by strong local support and repeat feeder orders from across the border for lambs in the spring helped maintain pressure on the traditional slaughter and live export markets throughout the spring period. Who would have known prices for lamb would exceed $8.00/kg and mutton $5.00/kg in the autumn and winter of this year. This has been a welcome reward for the producers that have held on and maintained lambs throughout a very dry and long summer. The lack of summer rain has kept sheep producers on their toes maintaining adequate levels of nutrition, trace elements and vitamins in their sheep flocks. But with the values we are experiencing now it is paramount to ELDERS growers the pro tability gains that can been trained on the system by Elders GRAIN be made, simply by taking their own Grain WA Sales Representative, Michael PLATFORM grain to market and trading their grain Wallace. Georgia Lawrie is the go to local through the Elders CGX platform. You can sta member to call and can talk clients Kallista Bolton either list it yourself or our team can act through the process over the phone. on your behalf, for a low xed marketing Have you taken a look at the Elders fee of $1 per tonne booked. The rst step is to browse the Elders Grain online trading platform yet? Grain web page www.eldersrural.com. At just $1 per tonne xed marketing Many of our local growers have already au/grain/ then download the App on fee, there is plenty to gain on grain. taken the plunge, trialling the platform by your phone or tablet, then give the placing initial small trades to understand branch a call 9881 9881. In late 2017 Elders acquired a 20% stake how the system works in a low risk in the renowned Clear Grain Exchange approach. Alternatively, call 1300 ELDERS and our (CGX) platform and is now busy showing national team can provide all current A number of Narrogin based sta have bids and assist you with the platform.

ELDERS NARROGIN NEWSLETTER RURAL REAL All this demand for farmland has of SANDRA ESTATE RALLY course depleted our stock of farms for WINS sale and Je has been busy of late out \"AGENT OF Je Douglas working with new Sellers keen to take THE YEAR\" advantage of these buoyant market When is the best time to sell your conditions. Kallista Bolton farm? That's a di cult question to answer. As you can imagine many of the leading Residential Representative landowners and potential buyers Sandra Hortin's client reviews With the rural land market in the central are constantly in touch with Elders have resulted in the award of 2019 and southern wheatbelt soaring to new Real Estate checking out the latest Narrogin Agent of the Year. heights one thing is for sure, right now is opportunities for property purchase. a very good time to sell. \"Rate My Agent\" is Australia's No1 If you are a landowner and would like a real estate reviews website and hosts Elders Real Estate has conducted a con dential discussion about any aspect annual Awards in Melbourne each year large number of farm sales over the of buying or selling farmland you are for the top reviewed agent and agencies past three years where the Sellers most welcome to call Je at any time on for every suburb of Australia. have been pleasantly surprised at the 0427 425 689. prices achieved, o en well in excess Based on reviews from actual clients, of expectations. This has led to the Browse our current listings and recently Sandra took out Narrogin Agent of the proliferation of Auction, Expressions of sold properties at Year and combined with reviews for Interest and Tender sale strategies being www.eldersnarrogin.com.au our rural agent Je Douglas, the Elders employed on behalf of our Sellers to Narrogin Branch took out Narrogin Real attract the highest bid on their farms as it Stay social at: Estate Agency of the Year as well. has become di cult to predict just how www.facebook.com/eldersnarrogin/ high sale prices will go. www.twitter.com/Je DougElders Following a sale, clients are asked for feedback so we can monitor our Demand for farming property appears to service.The 2019 awards place Sandra have been driven by a number of factors and the branch in the top 7% of including generally good seasons, higher reviewed agents and agencies Australia commodity prices, strong con dence in wide. The following review says it all: the industry and the need for farming businesses to continually expand to \"Sandra goes above and beyond to provide for the aspirations of younger achieve results, communicate progress family members and to maintain and and explain legalities involved. Her improve economies of scale. patience and personal interest ensured the successful sale of our house was While there are corporate and o shore as stress free as possible. We highly buyers active in the market place, most recommend Sandra as a top real estate local sales of late have been to local agent\". D.C. Lund, Narrogin buyers keen to increase the size and scale of their family owned and run Read more of our real estate reviews at farming enterprises. www.ratemyagent.com.au RECORD BREAKER Gnowangerup Auction High In another testament to the strong WA rural market, the 1,672 hectare farm CWMAvon at Gnowangerup sold at auction for $7.65 million, a record price equating to $5,362 per arable hectare ($2,170 per arable acre). The auction, conducted by Je Douglas was attended by over 90 people, many of whom were locals seeking insight to current values.

NARROGIN NEWSLETTER COMMUNITY the last year include: support through the year and as part of SPONSORSHIP -Darkan Sheep Fest our local Elders \"Give It\" program we try -Southern Bowling Zone to support as many initiatives as we can Kallista Bolton -Narrogin Primary Graduation Award squeeze out of our budget. Nationally, -Wickepin Football Club Elders co-ordinates support for two large Cash contributions from Narrogin -Narrogin Tennis Club rural related charities as part of the \"Give branch alone have tallied almost -UGSFL Match Fixtures Printing It\" program, the Royal Flying Doctor $8,000 so far since October 1, 2018. -Rams Football Academy Service and Beyond Blue. Our surrounding branches also -Narrogin Hawks Football Club support a wide variety of groups -Upper Great Southern Hockey Assoc. If you have a community group or activity and initiatives within their own local -Match of the Day (Aussie Rules) you'd like us to consider we welcome towns and communities. -Narrogin Agricultural Show new submissions posted to: -Draker Live for 25 Radio Fundraiser Elders Narrogin Branch In April the Narrogin Branch, as well -Wandering Golf Club Event PO Box 420,Narrogin 6312. as Real Estate Manager Je Douglas -Narrogin Ag College Top Student Awards Alternatively email the team at: and Livestock Manager Paul Keppel -Narrogin Long Wool Day [email protected] sponsored the Autumn Graze, long table -Highbury Tennis Cup lunch. -Charity clearing sale auctioneering We are especially keen on youth initiatives, animal and regional The annual event is run by the Wandering The Elders branches receive many development programs. We look forward Wheatbelt Wine Awards committee. A requests for sponsorship or in kind to hearing from you. highlight on the local social calendar, the event actually has economic development at it's core, aiming to support local growers by showcasing their food and wine produce and stimulate local market consumption. It's always a great fusion of new, emerging and established local and regional producers. Normally a formal dinner, the format moved to day this year. The perfect Autumn weather ensured it was a stunning success.The exquisite regional food and wine was served by celebrity guests chefs and attended by an appreciative sell out crowd of 150 diners. Huge congratulations to the growers/ producers and organisers. Other great community groups and projects that have received cash and in kind sponsorship from the branch over FINANCIAL Hamilton based int he Narrogin branch. follow tailored plans, to help achieve PLANNING your nancial goals. NEWS At Elders Financial Planning your objectives come rst. The team provides Important nancial planning areas rural Kelly Fullston relevant, personalised advice and producers should consider include; support this with a wide range of services Succession planning, Investment A nancial advisor can help you to make the most of your nances. management, Tax management, Wills achieve your nancial goals by and estate planning, Debt management, working with you to develop and A successful nancial future for rural Superannuation as well as protecting implement a nancial plan. producers involves many questions you and your farm should you become best answered by working closely with ill or injured through life, trauma and Elders Finacial Planner Kelly Fullston a specialist rural nancial adviser. We disability insurance. recently expanded her team with the have a thorough understanding of rural addition of support sta member Bec production and nancial matters and Don't delay putting a plan into action, take particular care to develop easy to with an advisor by your side it's easy.

NARROGIN NEWSLETTER AGRONOMY Triathlon* (All 3 in one drum) - great on ELDERS NEWS bigger weeds and a win for resistance WOOL management with 3 modes of action Helen Wyatt working on all weeds. Tim Burgess Most broadleaf control is based Other options - we o en have weed As we approach the end of the around Radish and 3 main active scenarios that don't t the norm. If large season many questions are being ingredients but it is important to capeweed is a real issue you might asked about what we will see in remember we have other options. consider adding Lontrel (not on export terms of price for 2019/20. Hay). If Doublegees are present addition With grass selectives going out or already of some Dicamba or group B will help At the same point last year, we were done we are moving onto controlling with control. If you want to mix it up to in exactly the same position albeit at our broadleaf weeds. Typically Radish prevent resistance addition of Group a higher base. The EMI in Australian is a priority with control based mainly H (Velocity or Precept) is a great one to currency was almost 200c higher (2021) around 3 active ingredients in di erent start using. If it gets wet and we need to and in USD terms the market was 260c combinations - Bromoxynil (Group C), do some late clean-ups 2-4D has a wider higher than today (1528). Diflufenican/Picolinafen (Group F) and application window - however users MCPA LVE (Group I). The most common must be aware of the new label and Then, the market was treading water, combinations are: application regulations. trying to go down, but unable to do so because of limited supplies of greasy Tigrex*(Diflufenican + MCPA LVE) - Whichever product you and your wool. Demand was waning in the usual applied from 3-5lf crop stage depending Agronomist decide to use, remember seasonal decline, and price resistance on rate/crop, it is great on radish but can killing all broadleaf weeds is much easier was a growing factor. 21um wool was struggle on larger capeweed and long when they are small so target them early! then dearer than 20um wool, as is time users must consider switching to Get your order for chemicals in soon as nearly the case in the current market di erent groups/MOA’s. some actives are forecast for tight supply with some quoting 19.5 lower than toward the end of the season. 21um. Jaguar* (Diflufenican + Bromoxynil) - can be applied early from 2lf crop stage as The wool market continues to face its it doesn’t have the Group I component share of challenges from within and - however it will struggle alone on larger externally, but the picture remains weeds as it works mostly on burning positive. Emphasis is squarely on down leaf area - if weeds are getting natural bres and their bene t to the larger add LVE MCPA but the crop must planet. be 3-5 leaf + depending on rate. Despite a price downturn in synthetic BromMA* (Bromoxynil + MCPA LVE) bres, as some of the huge Chinese - great on capeweed and without the diflufenican will not scorch or discolour manufacturers empty their stockpiles crop leaf. It will struggle on larger radish many processors and designers however and is slightly pricier. Great on continue to demand natural, hay to preserve leaf quality. sustainable and ethical bres to create garments for a more environmental GOLF DAY FUN conscious consumer. Saturday 13 July, 2019 Clear your calendar and join us for the sta & clients annual social golf day, Saturday 13 July. $5 per head green fee. Two man Ambrose, rolling tee from 12.00pm. Great Prizes up for grabs, day includes refreshments on course. Registrations on the day or RSVP to our Insurance team Manager Ryan O'Dea - 9881 9819

NARROGIN NEWSLETTER THE OUTLOOK The rst of the ram sales starts at EGLRDAEIRNS FOR SHEEP Katanning the 23rd of August with the REMAINS Michael Wallace POSITIVE eld days kicking that week o from the 20th in Williams/Narrogin/Wickepin. The recent rains have brought Nathan King some excitement back into the Gnowangerup area follows on the grain market with opportunities to The ram selling season is just Wednesday, Katanning eld day on the sell old and new seasons grain at around the corner and with very Thursday with the sale the following day. strong prices. positive sheep prices for meat and The majority of on farm ram sales start wool it is expected to be a good 9th of September right through to the For those of you with grain le to sell selling season once again. middle of October. please talk to us so that we can help you sell it. We are seeing Canola prices The merino in particular continues to Let's hope the rain keeps coming.To on the rise, with parcels selling at $580 be in high demand with good prices contact me, call 0488 582 455. plus, and Oats are back in the magic being paid for young ewes surplus to $400 range! requirements. Opportunities are arising to price new Well bred lines of quality ewes that are season grain. Remember that wheat at annually classed have seen prices hit $330, Barley at $290 and Oats at $360 $200 for bare shorn ewes and a recent are actually great prices in the normal dispersal of genuine ewes making over swing of things. $300. Using the Elders Grain online trading With that in mind it pays to continue platform, set some universal targets to try and improve your genetics and at these numbers and see who may purchase better quality well bred rams. grab the tonnage if opportunities arise. Great to have some pre-sold at good Classing ewes is also the fastest way to numbers when prices return to the make improvements. If you feel like you normal pricing ranges. want an independent eye cast over your sheep give me a call and we can discuss. Helpline 1300 ELDERS or visit www.eldersrural.com.au/grain/ LAMB MARKING Kimberly Agars Ensuring livestock are easily identi able, vaccinated and handled to best practice standards should always be a priority for producers. With so many conflicting sources of information one can be forgiven for being overwhelmed! However nothing beats having an old- fashioned conversation with one of the Elders Narrogin sta , call 9881 9881. Elders Narrogin P. 08 9881 9881 41 Fairway St, Narrogin E. [email protected] elders.com.au

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