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Barley battles global feed grain weakness
Despite the dry weather and the huge increase in domestic demand for feed grain in the south over the past year, feed grain prices have
Angus Brown
August 12, 2025
Despite the dry weather and the huge increase in domestic demand for feed grain in the south over the past year, feed grain prices have
This week’s ag commodity news remains dominated by familiar themes, soft prices, ongoing Northern Hemisphere harvest and improving US crop conditions, all underpinned by lacklustre
Apart from a few small spikes, it has been a rather uneventful year for wheat markets thus far. For all the talk around tariffs, conflicts
Wheat prices have remained under pressure for the week as harvest progress and improving weather continues to build expectations of an oversupply of wheat. The
The recent news that China has accepted trial shipments of Australian canola has raised questions about how much it might take and how it will
Are Trump’s tariff threats getting results? After previous ‘deal or tariff’ deadlines have been rolled back, the most current deadline of 1st August is rapidly
At a sheep group meeting today, the topic of hay and silage supply and price came up. There are a couple of differing theories on
Wheat markets have been under pressure the past week as building US wheat production trumped the USDA report that showed global wheat stocks shrinking by
The July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report produced by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was much anticipated, with most pundits
Amid all the fighting and bomb dropping recently, the trade dispute issue had taken a back seat. Well fear no longer. Monday night, the US
It feels like it has been a relatively stable week in the soft commodity baskets. As always, there is a raft of bullish inflows being
We normally think of managed funds as the “smart money”, but sometimes they do get it wrong. Last week was a prime example. The funds
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