Grains & Oilseeds

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Market Comment

The news that makes the market

Down goes supplies, consumption, trade and stocks of wheat in the October USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Reduced production for the

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Market Analysis

Barley has gotten cheap again

Barley has gotten cheap again, but it’s in a relative sense, as it hasn’t done much in terms of price variation this year compared to

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Market Comment

War ramps up pressure on wheat

The wheat market has been torn between two extreme driving principles, supply and demand. Late last week, further sabre rattling coming out of the Kremlin

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Market Analysis

Durable durum price outlook

Europe is facing some of the hottest and driest cropping conditions seen in the last century, and as the northern hemisphere’s harvest draws to a

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Market Analysis

Canada is crushing it

Despite the severe drought that devastated the Canadian canola crop in 2021, confidence in the oilseed industry reigned. Several major companies announced their plans for

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Market Analysis

Percentiles – September 2022

Mecardo’s Percentiles update for September 2022. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important

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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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