The weather has been relatively kind to grain growers this harvest, with the headers forging south at the usual pace, if not a bit quicker.
The market is in a finely balanced state at the minute. The 2020 wheat crop is now largely known, albeit with a few minor adjustments
Speculative interest skulking in commodity futures markets can represent a volatility timebomb which has the potential to amplify price shocks created by market news, or
Global markets remain a little choppy, ending the week virtually unchanged. Last week’s USDA report did little to support wheat under its own steam, but
As the rain in the east keeps coming and soil moisture profiles keep improving, our optimism for the next crop points to continued appetite for
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for November 2020. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
There have been some new crop forecasts released recently tipping what can only be described as a bumper. We have to wait until early December
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This week has been characterised by a ‘risk off’ attitude as the world awaits the outcome of the US election. Speculative investors have reduced their
Australia is on track to produce the second-highest barley crop on record, and there is no end in sight for the Chinese barley tariff and
Grain markets started to get a bit choppy this week as forecast rains materialised in key production origins in the US, Russia and Brazil. A
Corn prices have rocketed steadily for the last six months by over 25%. This market is typically more stable and predictable, so what exactly has
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