Capacity growth signals confidence in lotfeeding
A historically high cattle market has pushed cattle-on-feed numbers lower for the September quarter. Confidence in the sector has far from waned, however, with capacity, turn-off and grainfed exports all rising over the three month period. While utilisation also dipped from its record level set in the previous quarter, it remained on par with year […]
A slow harvest and drifting prices
Summer is here, yet it has been hard to find spring heat in the south, let alone summer. Cool, wet conditions continue to delay harvest on the east coast, while in the west, a dry week saw headers on a roll. The WA report is out early this week, and it shows receivals streaking ahead […]
Non-mulesed and pain relief levels by state
Given the latest round of debate about mulesing and pain relief, Mecardo has used wool sale data as a guide to the levels of non-mulesing and pain relief in the flock by state in the twelve months to November, updating a recent article published in June. The data used in this article are sourced from […]
Survey marking numbers counter high slaughter rates
The October Sheep Producer Intentions Survey (SPIS) provides some very important information regarding the number of lambs on the ground, the type of lambs, and how future supply might play out. There are some interesting figures in this year’s October survey that go against the anecdotal evidence. There is a disclaimer on the third page […]