Wine, wool, and cashmere prices
In 2020, the economic backdrop to the wool market appeared likely to be one of recovery after a standard downturn in greasy wool prices during 2019, only for this scenario to be upset by the appearance of the COVID pandemic. In 2025, it appeared economic growth, with the USA leading the way, might start to […]
Lamb prices strong, stability ahead
While plenty of producers were still busy feeding stock over the past few weeks, processors and saleyards did have three public holidays, affecting supply, demand, and pricing. Now we are out the other side, and hopefully a lot closer to an autumn break for those still waiting, we can have a look forward at how […]
Wheat weakens, canola holds firm
Easter and ANZAC Day mean it’s been two weeks since we’ve updated readers on grain markets. The news is bad for wheat, and good, in a way, for canola. Not a lot has changed on the supply and demand front for wheat. It might be that some risk premium is being stripped out of the […]
Cattle slaughter surges as tariff fears ease
After all the talk and conjecture regarding the US tariffs on imports, we have seen very little in the way of price volatility on export beef values to the US or in local markets. Later this week, we get export data for April, which will tell a story; until then, we’ll look at slaughter and […]