Grains & Oilseeds

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Market Comment

Grains on a rollercoaster

This week, Moscow has repeatedly made comments about walking away from the Grain Corridor unless their demands around sanctions aren’t met. We suspect the market

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Market Analysis

Pulse crop price pressure

A couple of weeks ago we received a request to look at Australian pulse production and whether the increased supply was outstripping demand. Here we

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Market Analysis

Croppers winning battle for acres

Amongst the information produced by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is data on cropping areas and livestock numbers. The

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Market Comment

Bargain buying arrests the slide

Bucking the downward trend, wheat saw some positive price action this week. Wheat, having hit 18-month lows, finally flushed out a few buyers with Saudi

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Market Analysis

A massive crop update

Last week the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) released their March Crop Report. Harvest was better than expected, as crop

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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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