Grains & Oilseeds

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Market Analysis

Percentiles – September 2021

Mecardo’s Percentiles update for September 2021. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important

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Australian wheat farm
Market Comment

Black Swans everywhere

Earlier this week, shivers went through the stock market on news of a debt crisis enveloping Chinese property developer, Evergrande. The company is said to

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Canola fields
Market Comment

Waxing oilseed markets

Canola prices both here and overseas are reaching rare air. It is easy to point the finger squarely at Canada as the reason for the

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Canola field
Market Analysis

Canadian canola disaster worse than thought

Statistics Canada has released its latest canola production forecasts yesterday and they are even more pessimistic than previous forecasts. Canola production estimates were slashed 2.1mmt

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Wheat field Australia
Market Comment

Let the harvest begin

The focus shifted from global to local this week, 2021/22 harvest has begun in Central Queensland and we have new expectations for production with ABARES

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Market Comment

Spotlight turns to the south

The wheat (and broader Ag commodity) market stalled this week, falling in sympathy with a slow down in economic data. Adding to the tone, there

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Percentiles with a background image of hay bales
Market Analysis

Percentiles – August 2021

Mecardo’s Percentiles update for August 2021. 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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