Slow start for live cattle despite Indonesian market resilience
Cattle live export numbers showed improvement in April as expected, rising above the five-year-average for the month, but year-to-date numbers are still at one of the lowest points they have sat in at least the past 25 years. Demand from Indonesia, the primary market, ramped up significantly last month, and that destination’s market share for […]
An update on oil and fibre prices
The continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and consequent fluctuation of oil prices (at elevated levels compared to 2025) has maintained the disruption to parts of the economy dependent on oil and energy prices. With two months of the Middle East conflict behind us this article takes another look at the impact on apparel […]
Can extreme US lamb prices flow here?
Trying to decipher US lamb prices is hard for someone with experience in market analysis. After trawling through United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) website with a charting function, and after converting the numbers we can see why their demand for our exports continued to grow. Looking at raw numbers, one would think that US […]
The WA wheatbelt no more
While the official crop report is a little way off, the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) has had a crack at estimating sowing areas in WA for the coming winter cropping season. Looking at the estimates, the WA wheatbelt might need to be renamed the Wheleyola belt. Wheat, barley, canola belt is a […]