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Reassessing a ‘good’ price for mutton
Last week Mecardo looked at the mutton market, and how it related to the levels of last year. This week we take a deeper dive
Benign May WASDE
It’s May and the new season World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is out. The WASDE
The luxury goods complex
Fine wine is a luxury item with, it turns out, some quite good indicator series for the past couple of decades. In this article, we
Beef 2024 excitement spills over into bidding
All eyes are on beef this week with over 100,000 people descending on Rockhampton for the triennial Beef Week. Buyers leaned into the momentum with
Winter lamb cool down
Lower throughput for lambs indicates the approach of winter. Whilst lamb indicators were lower, mutton markets found some favour this week, improving week on week
Ambushed by the US dollar
When wool buyers walked into selling centres to start the week, Australian wool was more expensive for exporters before bidding began. This set the tone
Weather bingo card
After the relatively quiet last few months where the ag commodity markets have drift-ed lower, the establishment of the weather market has seen a welcome
Getting good prices while avoiding volatility
Grain and oilseed markets are showing some good old-fashioned spring (in the northern hemisphere) volatility. We know that springtime dryness can grow into real production
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Research: Analysis of the Australian sheep flock
In this report for LiveCorp and MLA, we analysed the historical trends in the demographics of the Australian sheep flock, examining domestic factors that influence farm-level enterprise decision making.
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