Market Comment
Improved market attracts sellers
Normally wool offerings begin to decline at this time of the year, however the recent increase in prices has encouraged growers who had held wool
Robert Herrmann
May 20, 2022
Normally wool offerings begin to decline at this time of the year, however the recent increase in prices has encouraged growers who had held wool
While vegetable fault (VM) levels have not risen greatly, they remain at high levels with the bigger increases in recent months taking place in the
The crossbred wool market is in dire need of some good news, which this article can deliver for a change. Premiums for RWS accredited crossbred
The wool market had a positive week all round with even the crossbreds lifting meanwhile the EMI continues its path upward. The EMI improved for
In May of 2021 Mecardo looked at the production and auction sales volume of 14 micron and finer wool in the Australian clip. In this
Crossbred wool prices continue to languish at depressed levels although the supply chain is absorbing most of the increased offerings of this type of wool
It was a strong week in the wool market to follow the turnaround of last week, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) lifting 24 cents
Some requests have been made to Mecardo to look at merino micron premiums and discounts, which we will do in a number of articles. By
Wool production in Australia is currently quite varied when broken down into micron categories. This will be challenging for the supply chain which effectively assumes
A big offering after the 1 week Easter recess break was received enthusiastically by buyers, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) recording its’ first lift
Before Easter, Mecardo published 10 year percentile tables for merino combing fleece prices, ranging from 14.5 to 23 micron. Our readers in South America have
Summer isn’t the prime time for lamb production, but we can still get some highly relevant information from the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat
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