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A party mix of results for lamb and sheep
There were mixed results for the indicators this selling week as the season slows down. Mutton cleared the 300c/kg hurdle for the first time since
Jack tours Russia
To start the week, the wheat market got a very nice little push courtesy of Russian frosts, a bullish USDA report and technical short covering.
Lean supply fuels competition despite a rising dollar
The wool market rebounded in US dollar terms this week, coming off a two-week lull where it sat at the lower end of the recent
Someone let the bulls out
It could’ve been a post Beef Week high, or an adjustment in demand but this week’s market exuded a higher level of confidence. Sellers were
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
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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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