The weather may not feel particularly “good” for those in the south east of the country experiencing an arctic blast this week, but overall seasonal
After a shaky start to 2021, where lamb export volumes were initially down 33% in Jan, Aussie lamb exports have rocketed up 20% month-on-month in
Producers appeared keen to get lambs to the saleyard before winter arrived, with a spike in throughput in NSW last week. Most categories of lamb
The buzz may have gone out of the restocker ewe price (except for recent shedding breed bonanzas) as producers accept the ‘new normal’ for replacements,
As if there wasn’t enough happening in global red meat markets, this week it was a cyber-attack on JBS Swift. There has been plenty of
Last week we took a look at lamb supply and demand dynamics, and what they might mean for trade lamb prices in the spring. It’s
Simple supply and demand economics were in play this week, as softening throughput and slaughter provided a boost to prices. Trade and heavy lambs found
With plenty of lambs on the ground, and the peak winter/spring lambing season fast approaching and bankers wanting budgets for the new financial year, the
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for May 2021. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
Lamb slaughter totals for the first quarter have fallen 10.5 per cent year-on-year, back to levels not seen since 2012. Both the five and 10-year
Lamb prices tracking sideways or lightly lifting is more or less the ‘norm’ for April & May and so far this season has stood by
We often point out how Australia and New Zealand are the only major sheepmeat exporters in the world, and the ‘agri benchmark’ confirms why. Agri
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