Commodity conversations explores all the moves in Australian agricultural markets and the stories behind what's driving them.
Episodes
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann discussing trends in the local wool market and it's trajectory compared to apparel fibres, overseas grain market movements particularly the strong Chinese demand for wheat, and the lamb and cattle trading scenarios.
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann discussing trends in the local wool markets, overseas grain market price signals and the disconnect between local and global cattle prices.
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Adrian Ladaniwskyj and Robert Herrmann mixing things up a bit as they discuss the potential impact of the Chinese anti-dumping investigations on Australian wine exports as well as a discussion on trends in the wool market.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann chatting about long term wool trends, new restrictions on sales, cattle on feed numbers and lamb prices.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week we have Robert Herrmann chatting with Angus Brown from Mercado about spring lamb prices, supply challenges, cattle markets and the return of wool sales.
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Olivia Agar, Robert Herrmann & Adrian Ladaniwskyj chat about Canola markets, spring lamb prices, supply challenges in Victoria and provide the usual market recap.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Robert Herrmann and Nick Booth dive into an update on grain markets covering the global situation as well some insight into how the local picture with a focus on Nicks home turf on the Eyre Peninsula which is looking very different to many other parts of the country.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann chat about the fight for acres between meat sheep and wool, a bounce to east coast lamb markets and the shutdown of meatworks in Victoria due to COVID outbreaks.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Now that we know what trends are impacting meat and wool sectors, we dive into what they mean for planning and decision making on-farm. In this part 2 episode, David Cornish, Director of Agribusiness at Marcus Oldham Agricultural College and Mecardo's Robert Herrmann provide some insight.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann chat about the US grain harvest and production in Australia, the stocks of grower wool in store, and how local livestock markets are holding up with pressure from overseas.