The herd is on the turn
We knew cattle slaughter was on the rise, and the official numbers released last week showed an interesting breakdown of what is being slaughtered. We are at a point in the herd cycle where male slaughter remains relatively steady, and it’s what happens with female slaughter that shows producer intentions for the herd. A quick […]
Wheat price management
While growers don’t like to see wheat prices making new milestones to the downside, for consumers it can create opportunities. This is when grain consumers can protect their prices, managing values at what are now four-year lows. The northern hemisphere harvest, increasing corn and soybean crop prospects, weaker demand, and improving southern hemisphere crop conditions […]
How is cotton going
The Australian cotton crop has a value in the order of three billion dollars and is the larger sibling to the older Australian textile of wool. Cotton is a big natural fibre, some twenty times the size of wool on a global scale. In addition, it has been the main staple fibre by volume and […]