Live sheep trade drops off
Live sheep export numbers have dropped considerably since the Australian government announced they’d be phased out by 2028. Last year marked the lowest number of sheep exported from Australia in at least in the last 35 years, and likely since the modern trade kicked off. This year has started off just as quiet, despite Meat […]
Rain on the range
After the cyclonic floods of eastern Queensland at the start of the month, we’re now seeing prolonged flooding in western Queensland. While many think it’s the desert getting wet, survey data tells us there are a lot of cattle out there, and this will impact markets in both the short and long term. Figure 1 […]
Forward prices in the merino wool market
A reader has requested an article on forward prices in wool, a topic which is something of a shibboleth in the wool industry and always worthy of comment. A liquid forward market would be nice to have in the wool industry; we just have to work out how to make one work. There is a […]
Is India an opportunity?
With such a huge population, there is always talk about the size of the market in India. Recently, we received a query about opportunities for Australian cereal and oilseed exports to India, so here we delve into the data. Australia’s primary agricultural exports to India are pulses. Lentils have long been the dominant export, but […]