Commodity conversations explores all the moves in Australian agricultural markets and the stories behind what's driving them.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
In this conversation we are joined by Mike Stephens of Meridian Agriculture. Robert Herrmann chats to Mike about the importance of having a solid farm succession plan.
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover another month of high female cattle slaughter, sheep offtake and the flock size and low wool volumes.
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering the corn-wheat story & livestock
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Brett Hosking of Grain Growers (and a Victorian farmer) joins the discussion with Mecardo. In this podcast we chat about some of the policies which Grain Growers would like enacted in the coming Australian parliament. We also have a brief chat about the controversial Canadian wheat import permits.
The following topics are discussed:
- Telecommunications and black spots
- Crop insurance
- The importation of whole grain wheat into Australia
- The innovation generation conference held in Ballarat during July.
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover wheat, livestock and wool
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover wheat, livestock and wool
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
It's a couple of days out from the election. In this update the team at Mecardo have a chat with one another about the election.
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover wheat, cattle and sheep.
Saturday May 04, 2019
Saturday May 04, 2019
The entire team at Mecardo are on board for this conversation. We do a blind taste test of the beyond meat burger against the real beef burger. We also have a long chat about this product and its potential impact on the livestock industry.
This was record as a video, which can also be viewed on the following link :
https://bit.ly/2vBl2Lu
Our sponsor for this update was Livestock Pricing - the new app for Apple and Android to give transparency of the livestock markets.
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover grain, wool and sheep.