FSR on the rise as herd rebuild eventuates
Australia’s cattle herd is still rebuilding according to latest Australian Bureau Statistics data released last week, but female slaughter is on the rise. While there is a slight lag in the reporting, with the most recent figures for the June quarter, it still gives us a good indication of how the herd is progressing. Overall […]
Reflocking seeing higher sheep slaughter not lambs yet
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lamb and sheep slaughter data is out for the June quarter, and lamb rates are on the rise. However, it was sheep slaughter which really jumped compared to last year. After posting a very slow start to the year in the March quarter, lamb slaughter jumped 9.5% higher in […]
German manufacturing and merino prices
There are plenty of articles doing the rounds talking about current international economic challenges. In this article we use German manufacturing as a proxy for the tides in international economic activity and through that manufacturing, to apparel and wool prices. In proportion of GDP terms Germany is the biggest exporter of major economies, so German […]
