Grains & Oilseeds

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Market Comment

Weather market alive and well

Last week I wrote about the mounting concerns in the US Midwest which was enduring one of their driest seasons on record. Photographs of drought-stressed

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Market Comment

El Niño late to the ball

Mother Nature can be cruel. The promise of an El Niño return, which typically means a wetter US, should have heralded a bumper summer cropping

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Market Analysis

A big drop in crop

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) released its March Crop Report last week, and we had our first look at the 2023-24

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Market Comment

Whether the weather…

Whoever said grain markets were dull probably has never experienced a year like the one we’ve had. The past week has been no exception as

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Market Analysis

Looking to China for wheat upside

Last Friday’s market comment made some interesting points on Chinese wheat production problems, and how they could impact world markets. Given these issues, it’s worth

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Market Comment

New month, new focus

This time last week, the freshly-inked grain corridor deal had seen wheat prices tumble. The last week in May in particular was quite brutal in

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Market Analysis

The spectre of El Niño

With the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) providing the market with a baseline balance sheet, markets have gone back to shifting in line

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Market Analysis

Delving deeper into the WASDE data

Last week we covered the headline numbers from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. This week

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Market Comment

Wheat – more twists and turns

At the absolute last minute, Russia rolled over and rubber-stamped the Black Sea grain corridor for another 60 days. This is despite getting no concessions

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Market Analysis

WASDE bullish on wheat

The May release of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is one of the most anticipated

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Market Comment

Grain corridor hangs by a thread

Will they, or won’t they? As the Russian stipulated corridor deadline approaches, the UN has been facilitating talks aimed at extending the deal. As of

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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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