Lamb market lining up like 2018
A couple of weeks ago Mecardo looked at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) quarterly lamb slaughter data, showing March was the largest quarter on record. The strong numbers have continued in the second quarter, with the pattern lining up like 2018 and 2019. The March quarter saw a huge 24% year-on-year increase in lamb […]
Increasing cereals and declining canola
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released its June Crop Report last week. The June Crop Report is the first official estimate of how much area has gone into crop this autumn, and how much is expected to be produced. The season has only just broken in large parts of […]
West Australian Wool Clip
With uncertainty about the size of the Western Australian sheep flock and the consequent wool clip due to drought and live export policy, Mecardo thought it timely to look at the contribution of the Western Australian wool clip to the national clip. Sheep numbers in Western Australia have followed a similar trend to Eastern Australia […]
