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When the rains do come, will we see a repeat of the historic 2014 rally?
Drought, destocking, and strong overseas cattle prices. The current picture of the cattle market isn't unfamiliar, with many factors on the surface looking remarkably similar to the period just before...
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A supply and currency boosted wool price cycle
Greasy wool prices have weakened in the past couple of months, from high levels, so the natural question is “What is going on?”. This article is an assessment of the background to the current wool...
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What's the value of the live sheep export trade?
There’s no question that the live sheep export trade is an important market for many Australian sheep producers, but it also supports a raft of other businesses along the supply chain. Help us to...
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Grain Trade Insolvency - a real danger?
In recent weeks Lempriere Grain went into administration, taking with it debts of A$18.8m. This is not the first grain company to fold and will not be the last. We felt like it was an opportune time...
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Social Licence – it’s a rubbish concept!
“Canberra bubble” has been coined the word of the year by the Australian National Dictionary Centre. Mecardo suggests that the equivalent in 2018 for agriculture is “Social Licence”. Both are somewhat...
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Grain Swaps - farmers' friend or hazard to be avoided?
“I won’t use swaps because if the market goes up I will lose”“I have heard of a wheat farmer who lost his farm as a result of taking a Grain Swap”“The bank always wins; they know more about the market...
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Wake up call for Australian Agriculture
The latest biosecurity failure in South Africa (SA), the detection of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), not only had immediate impacts, with the banning of all movements of cloven foot animals and their...
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Banning GM crops provides a premium in South Australia……..
South Australia is the only major crop producing area in Australia which does not allow the commercial production of GM crops. We were tasked by the industry with answering the question:”Does the GM...
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To shear or not to shear, is that the question?
For some time, there have been messages from wool processors that much of the Australian wool clip is too long. If this is true then shorter lots should attract a premium – this would be a normal...
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5 reasons why transparency is important in the cattle industry
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced in early April of a market study into the cattle and beef industry to be undertaken this year. Issues covered by the study are wide...
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