Mar 03, 2019
Ag Tech Sunday - 2 weeks to apply for SproutX
This article bought to you by SSTTwo weeks remain for food and Ag Tech startups to apply! Investment funding, commercialisation training and world class mentors from venture capital, agribusiness and innovation sector. Tailored for…
Mar 01, 2019
Podcast - Mecardo's Robert Herrmann and Andrew Whitelaw discuss Social Licence
Mecardo has released its very first podcast under the Commodity Conversations title. Listen to Robert Herrmann and Andrew Whitelaw discuss the trendy topic of Social LicenceClick on this link to listenAd - Make you next Shed an Entegra…
Mar 01, 2019
Wool EMI still trading over 2000c/kg despite small loss for the week
By Mark Dyson - Quality WoolThe wool market opened on a softer tone this week against a solid national offering of 48,948 bales, with the Australian dollar trading marginally dearer at mid-to-high 71 US cents.The benchmark Eastern…
Mar 01, 2019
How to Get a Better Deal from Your Bank
Regardless of what banking products you use within your business, chances are you can still negotiate for a better deal. Even a slight decrease in the interest charged on a business overdraft, or a reduction in fees charged for your…
Mar 01, 2019
Weekly Agribusiness News Recap
By Georgia Devenish - Agricultural Research Analyst at JLLGrainGrain handling group, Viterra, has announced that its current agreement with rail operators Genesse & Wyoming Australia will not be renewed. As a result rail haulage of…
Mar 01, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Deciles: February 2019
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Various sources. Deciles are an important tool in your marketing toolbox, to provide a view for strategic decisions. Our collection of updated deciles include dairy, wool, livestock, grain & inputs.To…
Mar 01, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Big offering but market solid
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. After 8 weeks of consecutive rises in the wool market, producers responded with a large offering which resulted in a clearance to the trade of 44,800 bales. The opening sales in Melbourne…
Mar 01, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Pricing resisting supply pressure, but maybe more to come
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, BOMThe higher prices last week brought more lambs forward, and as such the rally was stifled. With supply still running strong, it seems to be a countdown until a sharp supply shift.Here’s an interesting…
Mar 01, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - A nasty turn around
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, BOM, Mecardo. A fortnight ago the Bureau of Meteorology’s rainfall outlook wasn’t shaping up as too bad at least for the Southern parts of the country – how quickly it can all change. Yesterday’s release…
Mar 01, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - The bears are out for barley
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo, CME. It’s been a tough month for grain producers both locally and globally, with prices falling dramatically. In this weeks update, we take a look at the December futures contract, basis and potential…
Feb 28, 2019
Who needs science when we have Sharon & John? - By Nathan Scott
I’m sorry, but where the fuck did common sense sneak off to? Is it simply that every flog with an opinion (myself included) now has a platform to share it on social media? Or is it that somehow global brain capacity is diminishing?…
Feb 28, 2019
Wool Market up 6 cents for the day
Karee Wool market report for the South - February 28thSMI: 1987 +618: 2468 +419: 2374 +1620: 2339 +1521: 2333 +1222: 2330 +1528: 1133 -15Merino Cardings: 1176 ucPassed In: 10.1%www.kareewool.com.auAd -Revamp those rusty steel post…
Feb 28, 2019
What Farmers really want
By Scott Mckinnon - Freelance Strategy Consultant working in Agtech/AgribusinessMy family has been farming for several generations, it must be in the blood. So instead of buying a water front investment property, a fishing boat and…
Feb 28, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - EYCI at crucial technical support
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, Mecardo. In late 2015 Mecardo published a series of three blogs outlining the use of technical analysis tools and how they can help predict when markets are due for a change in direction. This analysis…
Feb 28, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - It’s a close call on wool and lambs
By Angus Brown | Source: LFMP. It has been a long time coming, and it’s taken record prices, but the profitability of wool enterprises has once again moved ahead of prime lambs businesses. However, it is only when rainfall is taken…
Feb 28, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - How to lift Merino prices? Reduce supply
By Andrew Woods | Source: AWTA, AWEX, Cotlook, RBA, ICS. The Merino wool industry is basking in high prices and has been for a number of years although drought does take the shine off things. Success tends to be claimed by many. One…
Feb 28, 2019
Mecardo Analysis - Agronomics or price
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: Mecardo. In two months’ time the 2019/20 season will commence with seeding. There are still decisions to be made on what to acreages will be planted to each commodity. There is however a trap to avoid…
Feb 27, 2019
Viterra ditches Rail for Road in SA's Eyre Peninsula
Viterra will transition to road transport for the movement of all grain on Eyre Peninsula from 1 June 2019 to ensure the company continues to provide growers and exporters with a competitive supply chain.Viterra Commercial & Logistics…
Feb 27, 2019
Fonterra takes a stake in a US based alternative food ingredient company
Fonterra has taken a stake in Motif Ingredients, a US-based food ingredients company that develops and commercialises bio-engineered animal and food ingredients. Fonterra joins Ginkgo Bioworks, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Louis…
Feb 27, 2019
Abuse - Cotton growers are tough, but how much more can farmers bear?
Tony May - Head of Customer Marketing, ANZ at Bayer Crop ScienceI saw a social media post that I just can’t get past. It was from an anonymous cotton grower battling the dual enemies of drought and misdirected public outrage about…
