Grains & Oilseeds

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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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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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Market Analysis

Taking stock of China’s hoarding

China takes its food security situation extremely seriously, and has accumulated vast volumes of key food and feed grains, now representing the largest strategic food

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Market Comment

Post USDA blues

After the excitement of last week’s USDA report and the undeniably bullish enthusiasm it generated, this week has been a little more subdued. The past

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Market Comment

A very un-USDA-like report

The much anticipated USDA supply and demand (WASDE) report did not fail to disappoint. Most in the trade were expecting the USDA to publish fairly

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Market Comment

Death by a thousand cuts

Looks like we are jumping straight into the silly season and skipping the boring mid-season slump. From being in a seemingly comfortable place, wheat has,

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Market Analysis

Barley off the rollercoaster

Despite the rises and falls seen in international grain markets over the last year, local barley and feed grain markets have been remarkably steady. Looking

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Market Analysis

The future of biodiesel

Last week we touched briefly the relationship between biodiesel production and world demand for oilseeds. Today we take a closer look at what is driving

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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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