Commodity Conversations

This week Rob is joined by Nick Booth from Next Level Grain Marketing, (and Mecardo contributor) to discuss how Russia, China and conflict in the Middle East continue to drive uncertainty and volatility in global grain and oilseed markets. 

This week the Mecardo team (Olivia Agar, Robert Herrmann & Ethan Woolley) discuss the key drivers and trends impacting grains, oilseeds, cattle, sheep, lamb and wool markets for q3 2024. 

This week Rob is joined by Lawrence Richmond, a farm manager from Victoria who has been managing cropping operations throughout the Black Sea including Romania and Ukraine. Lawrence talks us through the challenges and opportunities cropping in the region provides. 

This week Rob is joined by Lucy Gregg, General Manager of Public Affairs at AUSVEG.  Lucy joins us to discuss key challenges of Australian vegetable growers and other insights on the labour market impacting growers.

This week, Rob is joined by Brad Cavanagh, part of the livestock team at Oxton Park.  Brad joins us to discuss what goes into the Oxton Park livestock operation which received the honour of Gundagai lamb Producer of the year for the 2nd year running. 

Rob is joined by John Francis, Director at Agrista and the author of a recent AWI report into the profitability of specialised wool sheep enterprises.  John discusses the data, modelling and outcomes of the recent report into why there is a profit argument for staying in wool. 

https://www.wool.com/globalassets/wool/news--events/2024/why-stay-in-wool-sheep/why-say-in-wool-sheep---report-by-john-francis-of-agrista.pdf 

This week Olivia Agar is joined by Erin Lukey - Senior Market Information Analyst with Meat & Livestock Australia (mla). Erin joins us to discuss the latest sheep and her projections and the drivers behind the figures MLA landed on. 

This week Rob is joined by Stephen Hill, National Committee Chairman for the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee.  They discuss the changing dynamics that influence the forecasting process for Australian wool production. 

This week Rob is joined by Thomas Mugford,  Branch Manager for Mareeba, Tolga, Richmond and Cloncurry for Nutrien Ag Solutions in Far North Queensland.  Tom joins us to discuss the diverse opportunities and industries the region has to offer. 

Olivia Agar is joined by Mecardo Analyst Ethan Woolley to discuss the key market insights from the Mecardo Quarterly report. They discuss the stability of cattle prices, optimism for lamb and sheep markets and the challenges from the Northern hemisphere on wool and grain markets.