Mar 08, 2019
Podcast - The Mecardo team sums up the Commodity Markets
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Mar 08, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Insulation from overseas sensation
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo, CME. This article is bought to you by Vic Feeds. The wider world has seen wheat markets fall since the start of the year. Forecasts for the coming global crop look positive, which if realized…
Mar 08, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Slaughter and supply in elevator highs
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Mecardo. This article is bought to you by Forest Springs Merinos. Elevated sheep slaughter continued to drag on mutton prices this week across the East coast and, while sheep supply in NSW is running…
Mar 08, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Autumn is tanking time
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA. This article is bought to you by Mazaratto Hay Freight. We’ve hit autumn and cattle producers who were holding out have hit the button. Cattle supply has ramped up, as a dry summer and the spectre of…
Mar 08, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Buyers cautious and sellers confident
By Robert Herrmann & Olivia Agar | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. This article is bough to you by Morgans. From a seller’s perspective, this wool market is almost surreal, it is a great time to be selling. However, this week buyers were wary…
Mar 08, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards for week ending 8th March 2019
By Matthew McAdam | Source: Riemann, Mecardo.This article is bought o you by Macarthur Stockfeed and Rural Supplies. The forwards market dropped off to measly pickings this week with only four trades agreed, and one of those was for…
Mar 07, 2019
Weekly Agribusiness News Recap - By Georgia Devenish
This article is bought to you by GE SilosBy Georgia Devenish - Agricultural Research Analyst at JLL. AgribusinessJapan’s S Foods has purchased southern New South Wales beef processor Monbeef. S Foods is ranked within the top five…
Mar 07, 2019
SA GM moratorium - Over to you Government
This article is bought to you by SureSeason. By Tim Burrow. The result of an independent review into the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops was announced recently by the South Australian Government. The review evaluated…
Mar 07, 2019
Wool SMI hits the skids on Thursday
This article is bought to you by McGuckin Transport. Karee Wool market report for the South - March 7thSMI: 1976 -1818: 2428 -3019: 2365 -1220: 2330 -1221: 2295 -3822: 2303 -3628: 1165 -3Merino cardings: 1192 +3Passed in: 7.7%www.kareewool.com.auAd…
Mar 07, 2019
Mecardo - Hot cattle slaughter draining supplies
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, ABS. This article is bought to you by Plastag. We saw cattle prices fall heavily last week and with the release of the slaughter report, we get a feel for why. East Coast cattle slaughter last week hit…
Mar 07, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Cashmere and wool prices
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWEX, G Schneider, WTiN, RBA, ICS. This article is bought to you by Air Seeder Consulting Services. According to The Schneider Group, cashmere production in China (the main producer) fell in 2018 for various…
Mar 07, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Wheat both better and worse in the future
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, ASX, Mecardo. This article is bought to you by Entegra Sheds. It is important to always take an interest in the pricing for grain both overseas and domestically along the entire horizon. As either…
Mar 06, 2019
FTA agreement with Indonesia welcomed by many
This article is bought to you by MAXI-FEEDER. Overview: * Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement signed today * Increases livestock, beef and sheep meat, grains, sugar, dairy and citrus exports * Builds…
Mar 06, 2019
Treat seed to reduce Barley loose smut outbreak
This article is bought to you by the Australian Fodder Industry Association. By Toni Somes - GRDCQueensland and New South Wales barley growers are being encouraged to use seed treatments prior to planting to reduce the risk of loose…
Mar 06, 2019
Understand and optimise Mallee soils
This article is bought to you by Warrick Hay & Grain. By Ciara Cullen - BCGGrain growers, mixed farmers and advisors in the Mallee are invited to a workshop in Sea Lake on March 13 to bolster their knowledge on soil performance and…
Mar 06, 2019
Prices up and down at the Ballarat Sheep and Lamb Market
This article is bought to you by Reading Transport. Yarding - 26,185 (-3754) .Lambs - 12,689 (-10,103).Sheep - 13,496 (+6349). Lamb numbers were back by 10,000 head, with 12,689 yarded at Ballarat this week. Quality varied from…
Mar 06, 2019
Wool market rises slightly today
This article is bought to you by Mobile Plunge Dipping Services. Karee Wool market report for the South - March 6thSMI: 1994 +518: 2458 -519: 2377 +720: 2342 +321: 2333 +122: 2339 +928: 1168 +13Merino Cardings: 1189 -3Passed In: 3.5%www.kareewool.com.auAd -…
Mar 05, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Export markets the key to ovine pricing
This article is bought to you by PMG Finance. By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, ABS, World Trade Atlas. Up until the mid-noughties the Australian lamb market was largely driven by domestic markets. As such there was a limit to how high…
Mar 05, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - US poised for a liquidation
This article is bought to you by Loadshift. By Matt Dalgleish | Source: USDA, Mecardo. In the middle of 2018 we looked at the US cattle cycle and investigated whether they had moved to a liquidation phase in their cycle, using the…
Mar 05, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Big changes in wool supply to continue
This article is bought to you by WormhitBy Andrew Woods | Source: AWTA. Low supply remains a key issue in the greasy wool market, with the uncertainty of projected production for 2019 easily leading to various views on what is likely…
