La Niña, Spanish for ‘the little girl’ brings plenty of rain and humid weather. While spring rain is good for crop supply, especially in southern
For Australia, La Niña weather conditions mean higher and more consistent rainfall, and better yields for crops as a result. Conventional wisdom is that the
Up until last night, the wheat market had traded sideways for the past week having recently lost some of its shine. Demand, which had caused
The recent activity in the wheat market has been both a little surprising and welcome at the same time. Dec ’20 CBOT wheat futures rallied
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) released their September Crop Report recently. The yield forecasts looked ambitious, but with rain fulfilling part
China has indicated that ‘enhanced inspections’ on Australian wheat will be enforced going forward. It is another shot across the bow amid increasing tension with
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for September 2020. Click below to view the latest report Grains and oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are
This week, we continue our coverage of the Australian pulse market by looking at Faba Beans, for which a 50% larger harvest than last year
The September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was much anticipated. There was plenty of conjecture
The market has effectively paused this week while it awaits the September USDA Crop Report, to be released on Friday. Typically not a massive market
Following on from last week’s article where we looked at chickpea production in Australia, we now look at this crop through an international market lens
The wheat market has continued its recent strength, climbing by around 20¢/bu for the week. The slow, incremental rises are a little perplexing at a
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