Commodity Conversations

This week we delve further into MLA's latest cattle projections update with Mecardo's managing director Robert Herrmann and our resident livestock analyst, Angus Brown. The two discuss the details of MLA's latest updates and what this could mean for the pace of the herd rebuild as well as price expectations going forward.   

 This week on the podcast we had Stephen Bignell, Manager of Market Information at MLA, to unpack  MLA's latest cattle industry projections update. Could we be seeing a reverse of the big decline in recent years in terms of the aussie cattle herd size? Tune in to hear Stephen chat with Manager of Business Development at Mecardo, Olivia Agar, about the key points in MLA's recent update.     

Canola prices are at extraordinary levels, with the whole oilseed market booming on tight supply and very strong demand. This week on commodity conversations our senior analyst Adrian Ladaniwskyj chats with Mecardo's managing director Robert Herrmann about the strong rises this year in oilseed prices. The two discuss ways in which producers can capitalise on strong prices through hedging strategie...

This week on the podcast we have managing director of Mecardo, Robert Herrmann, and Manager of Business Development at Mecardo, Olivia Agar, on to chat about the recent increases in agricultural land prices and whose behind the buying, as well as a brief recap of the latest key moves and trends in the sheep, wool and cattle markets. 

This week on the podcast we have managing director of Mecardo, Robert Herrmann, and Manager of Business Development at Mecardo, Olivia Agar, on to chat about the latest key moves and trends in the sheep, grain, wool and cattle markets. We hope you enjoy the episode. 

Records are there to be broken, and restockers are doing a good job of pushing young cattle prices into the record books again and again. But how can producers make the most of these extraordinary prices? Ron Rutledge, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Livestock Development Manager joins Robert Herrmann to chat about what producers should be considering in the current market and how supply chains are managing...

The wool market may be on recess but that hasn't stopped us from thinking about the big questions. This week, Mecardo's wool analyst, Andrew Woods, Director of Independent Commodity Services, joins us to chat about wool price drivers, the flock rebuild and the market outlook for the rest of 2021. We hope you enjoy the episode. 

These short week in the lead up to the Easter weekend we have managing director of Mecardo - Robert Herrmann and Manager of Business Development at Mecardo - Olivia Agar - in to chat about the recent rain and it's impact on the sheep, cattle and grain markets as well some insights into what is happening in international markets and they're potential to influence our local market. From the team at...

Uruguay may only have 6.7 million sheep, but In a time of low Merino supply, there is a good argument to see other regions of production as allies. This week we have Roberto Cardellino Director of Delta Agri Consultants in Uruguay chatting to Robert Herrmann about sheep and wool production & processing in Uruguay, consumer trends and future prospects for the broader wool market.

This week resident Mecardo Analyst, Adrian Ladaniwsky gives his insights into the latest moves in the cattle and grain markets with a brief wrap of the wool market from fellow colleague David Myers. We hope you enjoy this week's episode of Commodity Conversations. 

This week on Commodity Conversations, Manager of Business Development at Mecardo has a chat with Mecardo's resident analyst Angus Brown about the latest moves and trends in the cattle and sheep markets. This week's episode has a look at cattle on feed numbers and how they are tracking against previous years. 

This week on Commodity Conversations we have the team from Mecardo giving their insights and updates on what has been happening in the cattle, sheep and wool markets.   

With the cattle herd on the edge of an official herd rebuild and the sheep flock well on its way, tight supply isn’t about to wane anytime soon. This week Mecardo’s senior analyst Adrian Ladaniwskyj and Olivia Agar chat about how livestock prices are holding up during this time, and what drivers are currently at play.

Tune into to Commodity Conversations latest episode. Director of Mecardo, Robert Herrmann, has a chat with Mark Symes, Southern Regional Wool Manager for G. Schneider Australia where they take stock of where the market has ended up after the last turbulent 12 months and where it may head in the next 12.   

Emissions targets have been heavily debated this week, and it’s sparked discussion across the agriculture industry. This week we have David Cornish from Marcus Oldham Agricultural college joining Olivia Agar to chat about the red meat industries carbon neutral 2030 target. David helps break down the discussion and also analyses the issues from key stake holders perspectives, from producers, indust...

With a bumper harvest comes local price pressure, but overseas markets are abuzz and our growers are now reaping in good harvest and good prices. Nick Booth joins us this week to talk about the current market drivers - tight supplies, government interference and rampant buying activity by China.

On today's show we have Adam Mountjoy, southern region livestock manager for Nutrien in to talk with Robert Herrmann, director of Mercardo, about the bouyant market we find ourselves in at present. All our main commodity markets seem to be going strong at the moment, so we thought it would be good to get Adam in to hear what's been happening at the saleyards. Tune in to hear what it's been like on...

After a strong start to the year across all markets, David Myers and managing director of Mecardo Robert Herrmann take a moment to take stock of the key trends market so far this year. On today's episode we cover sheep, cattle and the wool markets. 

How do you build a farm business to make succession planning possible? That question was the main focus of an in-depth study into farm succession planning carried out by Dr Mike Stephens from Meridian Agriculture who joins us on this episode.  Mike shares some of the learnings of his research and talks about what can be done to allow owners to hand on a viable business, have sufficient funds for r...

Livestock commodity prices opened 2021 with a bang at the southern weaner sales. The weights, quality and prices were an impressive show. This week we have Angus Brown and Andrew Hosken joining Robert Hermann to discuss the results and what it means for the year ahead.

For our final podcast for the year, David Myers has a chat with Robert Herrmann and Olivia Agar about the highs, lows and surprises of 2020 and also about what to look out for next year.  Thank you from the team at Mecardo, we always welcome sharing this podcast around and appreciate any feedback. We look forward to you tuning into Commodity Conversations in 2021. 

The wool market ended 2020 on a softer note, but has recovered well since September’s low. Mecardo analyst Andrew Woods joins Robert Herrmann this week to chat about how the wool market has performed this year and what we might expect as we move into 2021.

The southern weaner sales are just around the corner and prices are sure to be hot. Just how hot and what we can expect in terms of supply and buyers are questions on many minds, so for this episode, Olivia Agar chats to Mecardo analyst Angus Brown, and livestock specialist Andrew Hosken about what we're likely to see.

This week we are talking consumer trends with David Cornish, Director at Marcus Oldham Agricultural College, who shares some insight on the emerging consumer, what they are telling us and what we should be telling them.

The fertiliser market has been fed by the hands of India and China in 2020. In this episode, Olivia Agar is joined by Yao Yao, market research manager at Nutrien in Canada, to discuss the key drivers of supply and demand in N, P & K markets, as well as the outlook for fertiliser in 2021.