Aug 10, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - High prices having an impact on price
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, Mecardo. There is an old market adage that the best cure for high prices is high prices. They often encourage additional supply to come to the market and lead to a price easing which was certainly…
Aug 10, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Wool market back in action
By Robert Herrmann | Source: AWEX, Mecardo. The wool market opened after the winter recess with what appeared early to be a negative sentiment on the back of an increased offering. This didn’t last long, as by the end of the week…
Aug 10, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Weekly Wool Forwards – Week ending 10th August 2018
By Olivia Agar | Source: Mecardo, Riemann. With the physical wool market back at play, the futures market responded with a surge of activity. 19 trades dealt across 18-21 micron categories.In the fine wools, 18 micron traded at 2,420¢…
Aug 10, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - New low for the EYCI
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, MecardoThe little rally for the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI) is well and truly over. The dry weather concerns have taken over and are seeing the downtrend resume. Interestingly, yardings were…
Aug 10, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - The good times are here (for prices)
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: CME, Mecardo.This week has been amazing. The market has blown its top and shot through the $400 barrier (ASX), all areas of Australia are receiving good prices. I also give a view on the strange decision…
Aug 10, 2018
Agriculture needs to 'prime the pump' now
By Robbie Sefton - Seftons . Every successful enterprise has good management at its core. That includes Apple, which recently became the world’s first trillion-dollar company, and the family farm.Successful entrepreneurs are applauded…
Aug 09, 2018
Full clearance of 78 at Eaglehawk Angus
Eaglehawk Angus Stud, Glen Innes, NSW held their Bull sale on Thursday.A full clearance of 78 Bulls sold to a solid average of $7577.Top price of $20,000 was paid for lot 20, Eaglehawk Double Vision M150.The sale grossed $591,006…
Aug 09, 2018
Sucker Lambs to $215 or $8.50/kg at Wagga Sheep and Lambs
Brendan Gaynor from Riverina Livestock Agents with the mixed bag Wagga Sheep and Lamb ReportWatch here - https://www.facebook.com/RLAwaggawagga/videos/1800322936725508/http://www.riverinaagents.com.au/
Aug 09, 2018
A healthy appreciation of the global protein market and US production - By Samantha Neuman
When I left Australia, I knew that I had a lot to learn about beef production. Exposure to all facets of the US industry only reinforced that I still have a lot of learning yet to do, but I now have some of the best connections, and…
Aug 09, 2018
Selling at $1 a retail litre serves to devalue Milk in eyes of consumers
A mandatory dairy code of conduct will provide the platform to enable the dairy farmer to negotiate a sustainable farm-gate price for their nutritious milk from their processor by encouraging competition in the market place.Processors…
Aug 09, 2018
Brett Corish wins the Cotton Australia Grower of the year
More than 1000 cotton growers and industry representatives gathered on the Gold Coast tonight to celebrate the recipients of the 2018 Australian Cotton Industry Awards.The Awards program recognises excellence and achievement in Australia’s…
Aug 09, 2018
WAFarmers worried that less than half of Wool growers hold AWI shares
In 2017, there were over 60,000 wool levy payers and only 24,000 shareholders. WAFarmers Vice President Steve McGuire said WAFarmers is encouraging all Western Australian wool growers who are AWI levy payers to become a shareholder…
Aug 09, 2018
Is 400/t a chance for wheat futures? Last time it reached that level was in 2008
By Samuel ReichsteinAustralian Securities Exchange January 2019 eastern Australian wheat futures had settled at $393 a tonne, up $71/t during the past two months early this week. During the same period Chicago December 2018 wheat…
Aug 09, 2018
Why we need to build a workforce to combat suicide in remote communities
By Matthew TukakiFor many of us it’s a comfortable life in our major Cities. Sure, we tend to moan and gripe about the traffic and the daily commute, but things are accessible. Shops are usually open 7 days a week and many of the…
Aug 09, 2018
Good news for Regional areas as MDBA sets up a new office in Goondiwindi
Decentralisation is delivering government jobs to rural Queensland as the Murray-Darling Basin Authority sets up an office in Goondiwindi.Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources said the new office would start out with up to…
Aug 09, 2018
KareeWool Market Report - Wool market up substantially across the board
AWEX KareeWool market report for August 9th - Southern AreaIND: 1967 +2618: 2480 +4519: 2328 +4120: 2246 +1721: 2230 +2622: 2201 +823: 2195 +2528: 886 ucMC: 1477 +8PI: 2.4%http://www.kareewool.com.au/
Aug 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Lamb and sheep spreads across the states
By Matt Dalgleish | Source: MLA, NLRS, MecardoPrice volatility, market uncertainty and climate variability across regions can play havoc with the normal seasonal spread behaviour between categories of sheep and lamb. With the Eastern…
Aug 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - To feed or sell version 2
By Angus Brown | Source: MLA, Auctionsplus, FarmtenderWe wrote our initial article on whether to feed, agist or sell back in May, with the conclusion that if it rained in the winter, feeding, or agisting would be the best option.…
Aug 09, 2018
Mecardo Analysis - Prem wool supply reviewed
By Andrew Whitelaw | Source: AWEX, Cape Wools SA, ICSMecardo has looked at the supply and price of short staple merino fleece in recent years. As the market moves into the spring, away from the peak period of short staple fleece supply,…
Aug 08, 2018
Farm Tender Newsletter - Now is not the time to judge
See below an extract from the week's Farm Tender newsletter. If you are keen to receive this every week, please register @ www.farmtender.com.auThe drought has hit many, and it's not good. Let's put all the "I told you so" stories…
