Foetal calf blood prices point to rebuild

The female slaughter rate, or FSR provides a good proxy for indicating the ongoing strength of the cattle herd rebuild in Australia. Foetal calf blood markets are linked to the number of females being slaughtered each week, with high prices a potential leading indicator for a low FSR, and a continuing herd rebuild. We last […]

Hedging not for the faint hearted

When prices are at extreme highs it is good for producers and bad for consumers, and it’s easy to take the “do nothing” approach to hedging. Consumers will wait for prices to fall, and producers will make great profits even if the market loses 20%. There are still opportunities, however, for those willing to take […]

International RWS merino micron distribution

Last week Mecardo used excellent IWTO material to review volumes of selected quality schemes from an international perspective. This week we go a step further, with various underlying assumptions, and construct a micron distribution for the international merino RWS supply. The assumptions required to build the micron distribution discussed in this article warrant some caution, […]