A cattle slaughter peak is coming?
With October coming to an end, it’s usually a time of increasing cattle supply and slaughter rates. Historically, this ties in with weaker prices, but we’ve already seen that, so here we’ll look at prospects for slaughter and price as we move towards summer. Cattle slaughter has been relatively strong this year. While week-to-week cattle […]
Looking for a pulse
Despite the rise of canola as a break crop, pulses remain a very important part of the crop rotation for broadacre croppers. In fact, the latest forecasts from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) have pulse plantings outstripping last year’s record to post a new high. Apart from the agronomic […]
Enough about wool, what about cotton?
After rebounding strongly in 2021–22 from COVID lows, cotton prices have fallen and drifted along at low levels in recent years. This article takes a look at cotton stocks-to-use, price ratios, and compound growth rates of the key staple fibres as background to the cotton (and wool) market. Mecardo looked at the cotton market in […]
FTA fuels UK sheepmeat market
Australian sheep and lamb exports increased in September but remained subdued in relation to recent trends. The US took dominant market share for the month, and in fact, most markets increased their intake of Australian sheepmeat year-on-year. China, however, took much less, sending monthly volumes 22% lower compared to 2024, as they remains the biggest […]