Commodity Conversations

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering grain and the NFF $100bn aspiration for the agricultural industry. 

There are rumours abound of the potential collapse of a small scale NSW based grain trader. The Mecardo team have fielded calls from a number of farmers who are collective owed large sums.  We thought that this makes a perfect time to discuss counterparty risk in the grain trade. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering grain, cattle and sheep. 

In this episode we chat with Oscar Pearse aka Oscarthefarmer. We deep dive into agriculture's current issues/policies on biodiversity, natural capital, climate change, clearing laws and sequestration......

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering grain, cattle and sheep. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering grain, cattle and sheep. 

We talk to Peter Walker about his time volunteering in a grain growing region in Kenya. How does agriculture in the first world compare with the developing world?

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.  This week we cover grain, wool & livestock

A summary of the ag markets. Due to a broken arm Andrew is unable to make it onto this weeks update. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we're talking US female slaughter ratios, the choice between mutton and lamb, ABARES grain forecasts and wool supply. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we're talking US cattle prices, revised low in the sheep flock, cycles in the 21MPG price and the WASDE report.

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. 

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.

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering the corn-wheat story & livestock

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...

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.  This week we cover wheat, livestock and wool

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.  This week we cover wheat, livestock and wool

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. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.  This week we cover wheat, cattle and sheep. 

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...

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover grain, wool and sheep. 

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover: Grain -The situation for the global crop -The continued divergence between global and domestic markets. Cattle -The unsustainable slaughter of female cattle.  

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover: -New crop pricing rising due to weather concerns -The worlds major wheat producers are in good form -Swine fever and its potential impact on Australian meat pricing -Rainfall analysis on the Mecardo website

Mecardo analysts Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish discuss the live export industry one year on from the 60mins footage of the Awassi Express. This is a longer form discussion at 40mins, making it fantastic for commuting or working in the tractor! Discussion includes: Alternative origins for live sheep The economic impact to Western Australian farmers and why Animals Australia were incorrect in the...

A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover: The high global wheat stocks and pricing Sheep meat demand into China Crossbred wool values