Tariff time impacts on beef
Despite pulling back hours before midnight, the consequences of the Trump tariffs on the North American cattle industry could be huge. Here, we take a look at some of the numbers on the boxed beef trade and how the trade disruption could impact our markets. While the North American beef industry can be broken down […]
What to put in the wheat budget
There is plenty going on in world commodity markets at the moment. The possible tariffs the US is imposing on close neighbours and China are still being digested by the market, but wheat and corn seem to have escaped most of the impacts. A query we had last week was regarding where wheat prices will […]
Summer lamb slaughter surge outdoing spring
It may have taken producers a bit longer to get them there, but it would seem that 2025 has opened with an abundance of slaughter-ready lambs. Lamb throughput has remained in record territory so far this year, with figures more akin to the usual late spring sucker rush than the midst of summer. Sheep slaughter […]
AWTA volumes – east looks normal and the west continues to downsize
It is not hard to find doom and gloom commentary about the wool industry, which is fairly typical of the wool and sheep industries swinging between triumphalism and pessimism. Some of the commentary looks to be clickbait rather than considered and then social media acts as an amplifier. With this background in mind, this article […]
