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A good week before Good Friday
It was a good week before Good Friday as most indicators improved. With processors being very busy the last few weeks, the appetite for both
USDA overshadows trouble and strife
The wheat market started off this week with renewed concerns in the Black Sea arena. After violence in the form of terrorist attacks in Russia
Sellers meet the market
Sellers “took the money” this week, meeting the market despite a choppy result. Good & good-average styles as times were heavily discounted as AWEX reported
Rain and Restockers return
A short selling week saw yardings down significantly, all cattle indicators had a lift in prices on the back of tighter supply. An increase in
Grainfed cattle bolstering supplies
With the export beef market again on the up, history tells us that our cattle prices should be following. Local supply is the issue, and
Prices put the brakes on producers intent
Livestock sectors across the board were impacted by the volatile market conditions and unpredicted weather conditions at the back end of 2023. The sheep industry
Soybeans pushing out wheat and corn
Grain markets are in somewhat of a holding pattern as northern hemisphere winter crops emerge from dormancy, and sowing of spring crops getting underway. Crop
Crossbred wool prices curves
As with merino wool, there is a wide range of crossbred qualities. Fibre diameter is one of those measures of quality, and for crossbred wool,
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Research: Analysis of the Australian sheep flock
In this report for LiveCorp and MLA, we analysed the historical trends in the demographics of the Australian sheep flock, examining domestic factors that influence farm-level enterprise decision making.
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