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Commodity ConversationsRob’s Spinning the Last Yarn - 16th April 2025This week, Ethan Woolley is joined by Rob Herrmann for a special farewell episode — his final with Mecardo. As Rob hangs up the boots, the conversation reflects on his journey, the growth of Mecardo, and what lies ahead in his next chapter.
2025-04-1617 minCommodity ConversationsQuarterly Market Update - Q4 2024 - 29th January 2025This week Olivia Agar, Ethan Woolley & Robert Herrmann discuss the latest Mecardo quarterly report insights. To join the mailing list for the quarterly reports, please reach out to us at ask@mecardo.com.au
2025-01-2921 minCommodity ConversationsKey Market Updates Q2 2024 - 23rd July 2024Olivia 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.
2024-07-2317 minCommodity ConversationsKey Market Updates Quarter 1 2024 - 22nd April 2024This week, Rob Hermann, Olivia Agar and Ethan Woolley discuss the key takeaways from the latest Mecardo quarterly report for Q1 2024. to sign up to the mailing list please reach out to us through email: ask@mecardo.com.au
2024-04-2224 minCommodity ConversationsKey Market Updates Quarter 4 2023 - 30th January 2024This week the Mecardo team (Rob Hermann, Olivia Agar & Ethan Woolley) discuss the key insights from quarter 4 of 2023 in commodity markets including the livestock market turnaround, freight issues and wool premiums. To be added to the Quarterly report mailing list, please reach out to us on ask@mecardo.com.au
2024-01-3021 minCommodity ConversationsKey Market Updates Quarter 3 2023 - 24th October 2023This week Rob Hermann and Ethan Woolley discuss some of the key market highlights in commodities covered in Mecardo's latest Quarterly report. To access the quarterly report, reach out to the Mecardo team by email, ask@mecardo.com.au
2023-10-2420 minCommodity ConversationsThe US Cattle Markets differing fortunes- 28th July 2023This week, Rob has returned from the United States and is keen to discuss with the Mecardo team what he saw including some of the key insights from Mecardo's recent analysis of the US cattle market and its potential impact on the Australian market.
2023-07-2820 minCommodity ConversationsKey Market Updates Quarter 2 2023 - 20th July 2023This week Olivia and Ethan from Mecardo discuss the key insights from the latest Mecardo Quarterly Commodity Report. They discuss wool at the crossroads, the weather market impacts on grain, mutton milestones and cattle export signals.
2023-07-2022 minCommodity ConversationsGlobal grain update - 16th June 2023This week the Mecardo team is joined by Nick Booth, Mecardo Analyst and Director of Next Level Grain Marketing. This week is all about cropping, as we dive into the ABARES crop progress report, global balance sheets in grain and the factors that will impact the upcoming season.
2023-06-1620 minCommodity ConversationsOld season lambs dragging the chain – July 21st 2022There’s a lot of pieces to the sheep & lamb supply puzzle at the moment with more plenty of old season lambs still trickling through as we approach the traditional influx of new season lambs in spring. To help us understand what’s happening on the ground and what might be around the corner, we’ve got Adam Mountjoy, Regional Livestock lead for Nutrien, back on the podcast to share his insights around space for new season lambs, and what that could mean for price going forward.
You can also read Angus Brown's take on the lamb supply...2022-07-2116 minCommodity ConversationsMarket insights Q2 2022 – July 20th 2022On this episode of commodity conversations, Olivia & Rob bring you the key stories & insights from Mecardo’s latest Quarterly Market Insights report for Q2 2022, covering the trends and movements in commodity markets as well as the outlook.
Key topics:
Quality issues and an extended season put pressure on ovine markets
Bullish fundamentals for grain & oilseed remain
Cattle market falls from its peak
Weaker AUD supporting demand for wool
For a copy of the full report click here:
Quarter 2 Mecardo report 2022
2022-07-2014 minCommodity ConversationsRising weights & falling grain, market wrap with Mecardo – 24th June 2022Plenty happening in Ag markets again this week. Oliva Agar & Robert Herrmann discuss rising cattle weights, new crop production forecasts, wools market share and sheepmeat exports. Head to the Mecardo website for all of this weeks analysis.
2022-06-2415 minCommodity ConversationsMarket wrap - 21st April 2022This week Mecardo's Rob Herrmann and David Myers take a look at what's been happening in cattle, sheep and wool markets recently. Join us to hear the latest market developments and jump on the Mecardo website to read the full articles that are discussed briefly today.
2022-04-2114 minCommodity ConversationsNovember rain - Mecardo market update 26th November 2021The east coast is soaked, and the timing has been poor for those trying to harvest winter crops. This week Olivia and Rob from Mecardo take a look what implications the continued wet will have on the grains market.
2021-11-2619 minCommodity ConversationsKurra Wirra & Mecardo - a look back & forward - 18th September 2021Agriculture is built on relationships, and for our 150th episode we’re joined by one of Mecardo’s longest partners – Kurra Wirra stud. Anthony Close is the 3rd generation of farm management at Kurra Wirra and shares how they've responded to market changes, found new opportunities, and adopted new tools, innovations and data into their business.
2021-09-1823 minCommodity ConversationsMore records broken - 11th June 2021More records broken - 11th June 2021
On Commodity Conversations you'll hear about what records have been broken again - it feels like we have been saying this a lot at Mecardo, but agricultural commodities keep going from strength to strength at the moment, in the middle of a world wide pandemic which is hard to believe. This week we have the full team from Mecardo giving you a breakdown of key movements in the markets this week.
2021-06-1109 minCommodity ConversationsA South American special - June 6th 2021This week on Mecardo we travel to South America to hear from Director of Delta Agri Consultants, Uruguay, Roberto Cardellino, on the cattle situation in Argentina, after their government's recent 30 day beef export ban was implemented.
Roberto chat's with our Roberto, Mecardo's Managing Director, Robert Herrmann, to help understand the possible reasons for and impacts of the ban, as well as give an overview of the main challenges of being a livestock/grains producer in Argentina today and South America more broadly.
2021-06-0526 minCommodity ConversationsRural land prices special + Market recap - 30th April 2021This 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.
2021-04-3014 minCommodity ConversationsMarket recap - 23rd April 2021This 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.
2021-04-2517 minCommodity ConversationsEaster Weekend Market Wrap - 1st April 2021These 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 Mecardo, we would also like to wish everyone a safe and happy Easter weekend and we will back back next week for more commodity conversations.
2021-04-0115 minCommodity ConversationsMarket recap - 19th March 2021This 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.
2021-03-1910 minCommodity ConversationsTracking livestock trends - 12th March 2021This 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.
2021-03-1211 minCommodity ConversationsMarket recap - 5th March 2021This 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.
2021-03-0513 minCommodity ConversationsHefty prices on the road to rebuild - 26th February 2021With 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.
2021-02-2610 minCommodity ConversationsKeeping positive - Mark Symes and the state of the wool industry - 19th February 2021Tune 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.
2021-02-1916 minCommodity ConversationsWeekly market wrap- 22nd January 2021After 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.
2021-01-2209 minCommodity ConversationsLooking back on 2020For 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.
2020-12-3023 minCommodity ConversationsThat’s a wrap for wool - 18th December 2020The 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.
2020-12-1821 minCommodity ConversationsWhat's in store for the weaner sales? - 11th December 2020The 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.
2020-12-1120 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 6th November 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann discuss the weather that's driving uncertainty in grain markets, recent moves in wool, and sheep crossing the Nullarbor.
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2020-11-0612 minCommodity ConversationsGlobal grain updateCrumbling pillars of support for global grain pricing and pushback from growers in the lamb market are the big stories in this episode. We're joined by Mecardo's grains and oilseed contributor Nick Booth from Next Level Grain Marketing for an update on what's driving the global grain market.
Host: Olivia Agar
Guest: Nick Booth
Audio Production: David Myers
2020-10-3017 minCommodity ConversationsCattle trading at record store prices - October 1st 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we're hitting the ground and talking cattle with Anthony Delaney from Nutrien Delaney Livestock. He shares some insight into the decisions that producers in Eastern Victoria are making and how the desire to rebuild herds is competing with record prices.
2020-10-0213 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - September 18th 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Olivia Agar and Mecardo's newest commentator Adrian Ladaniwskyj discussing the latest developments in the local and international grain market, the latest lamb market figures and also an interesting discussion about the relationship between cattle and the search for a covid-19 vaccine.
2020-09-1812 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - September 11th 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the team at Mecardo.
This week we have Olivia Agar and Mecardo's resident grain commentator, Nick Booth from Next Level Grain Marketing discussing the latest developments in the local and international grain market.
2020-09-1115 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - September 4th 2020A 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.
2020-09-0415 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 28th August 2020A 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.
2020-08-2814 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 21st August 2020A 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.
2020-08-2113 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 14th August 2020A 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.
2020-08-1417 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap 7th August 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.
2020-08-0717 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 31st July 2020A 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.
2020-07-3112 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 24th July 2020A 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.
2020-07-2418 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 17th July 2020A 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.
2020-07-1709 minCommodity Conversations#29 Meat and wool megatrends- what do they mean on-farm?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.
2020-07-1033 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 3rd July 2020A 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.
2020-07-0312 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 19th June 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann chat about changing trade factors in the grain market, yield challenges for the wool market and record young cattle prices.
2020-06-1912 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 12th June 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Olivia Agar covers sheepmeat markets and an update to the flock and Robert Herrmann recaps the wool market and WASDE report.
2020-06-1208 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 31st May 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-05-3112 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 22nd May 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Robert Herrmann and Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-05-2216 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 15th May 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-05-1512 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 1st May 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-05-0114 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 24th April 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann.
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2020-04-2415 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 17th April 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-04-1711 minCommodity Conversations#27 Markets with the Mecardo team.The Mecardo team of analysts have a chat with one another about what is happening with their respective commodities.
Wool with Robert Herrmann, grain with Andrew Whitelaw and livestock with Matt Dalgleish.
2020-04-0942 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 3rd April 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. Andrew Whitelaw will cover grain and Robert Herrmann will cover wool.
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2020-04-0310 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 28th March 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
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2020-03-2709 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 21st March 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Olivia Agar, Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-03-2112 minCommodity Conversations#24 Coronavirus - The wider economy & FXGo long toilet roll, short everything else.
In this podcast we discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the wider economy. We will follow up in recent days on the impact in agricultural markets.
Mecardo analysts Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish are joined by Steven Dooley and Trent Osmond of Western Union Business Solutions. We will follow up shortly with further discussions.
2020-03-1730 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 13th March 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Olivia Agar, Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish.
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2020-03-1309 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 6th March 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
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2020-03-0609 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 28th February 2020A hack in the wool auction platform, a record number of cattle on feed and the four n twenty meat-free meat pie in this week's short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
2020-02-2808 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 14th February 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
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2020-02-1409 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 7th February 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool, grain, cattle & sheep markets.
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2020-02-0707 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 17th January 2020A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool, grain, cattle & sheep markets.
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2020-01-1710 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 20th December 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Robert Herrmann will cover wool and Andrew Whitelaw will cover grain.
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2019-12-2009 minCommodity Conversations#21 What is with this weather?Everyone in agriculture follows the weather, including the Mecardo team. We are however not experts in that field, and we often have discussions with our friend Dr David Stephens of Agro Meteorology. We wanted to pick his brains on why this year has been so poor for the majority of the country.
Topics covered include:
The drivers of the last years weather and what caused it to be so bad.
The creation of models to forecast weather
His research into weather patterns moving due to changes in climatic conditions.
Agrometeorology: Agromet.com.au
Reme...2019-12-1930 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 13th December 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering ASX wheat, South Australian GM crops & falling cow prices.
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2019-12-1307 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 6th December 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool, beef, fertilizer & the ABARES crop update.
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2019-12-0608 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 29th November 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
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2019-11-2908 minCommodity Conversations#20 An independent view of the fertilizer marketOn Mecardo we recently provided an update on the fertilizer market. As one of the biggest input costs on farm, it's important to keep a close eye on the market.
We were asked for more information from a numbers of premium subscribers, it was therefore an opportune time to call in one of our analyst friends from the UK.
Andrew Whitelaw (Mecardo) and Chris Lawson (CRU) sat down for a chat about the fertilizer market and what is means for Australian prices.
2019-11-2723 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 23rd November 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
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2019-11-2212 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 15th November 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
Fertilizer & grain by Andrew Whitelaw (Twitter : WheatWatcher)
Livestock by Matt Dalgleish (Twitter : ballarat_matt)
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2019-11-1413 minCommodity Conversations#19 What happens when the drought breaks?Drought has been at the forefront of peoples minds in recent times, however it will break at some point.
In this podcast the Mecardo team look beyond the current drought and have a chat about some scenarios for when the drought breaks. What are the challenges and opportunities? We discuss cropping, cattle, sheep and wool.
This podcast includes Matt Dalgleish, Andrew Whitelaw & Robert Herrmann.
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2019-11-1232 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 8th November 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
Grain by Andrew Whitelaw (Twitter : WheatWatcher)
Livestock by Matt Dalgleish (Twitter : ballarat_matt)
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2019-11-0809 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 1st November 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
Pigs & wheat by Andrew Whitelaw (Twitter : WheatWatcher)
Wool by Robert Herrmann (Twitter : robertherrmann1)
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2019-11-0108 minCommodity Conversations#18 The yarn with the contendersThis week we are talking with some of the candidates for the AWI board. These conversations include Janelle Hocking Edwards, George Falkiner & Paul Cocking.
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2019-10-3045 minCommodity Conversations#17 Supermarkets - friend or foe?"down, down, prices are down"
The Mecardo team discuss supermarkets - are they the farmers friend or foe?
Featuring:
Robert Herrmann
Andrew whitelaw
Olivia Agar
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2019-10-2728 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 25th October 2019A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
Grain by Andrew Whitelaw (Twitter : WheatWatcher)
Livestock by Matt Dalgleish (Twitter : Ballarat_matt)
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NB. This podcast was recorded in advance on Thursday 24th October.
2019-10-2509 minCommodity Conversations#16 A visit to the Canberra BubbleRobert Herrmann took a trip to Canberra as part of 40th celebration of the National Farmers Federation. We have a chat about the trip discussing:
What did he think of the event
The $100bn plan
The new NFF advert 'We are Australian farmers
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2019-10-1951 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 18th October 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team.
Wool by Olivia Agar (Twitter: Olivia_Agar)
Grain by Andrew Whitelaw (Twitter : WheatWatcher)
Livestock by Matt Dalgleish (Twitter : Ballarat_matt)
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2019-10-1811 minCommodity Conversations#15 Aporkalypse now"I love the smell of bacon in the morning."
In this podcast Mecardo market analysts Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish discuss the African Swine Fever outbreak and the impact that it is having on Australian agricultural markets.
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2019-10-1645 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 11th October 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week Andrew Whitelaw and Matt Dalgleish are covering grain and livestock.
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2019-10-1110 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 4th October 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool with Robert Herrmann, livestock with Matt Dalgleish and Grain with Andrew Whitelaw.
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2019-10-0408 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 27th September 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.
The wheat market has fallen but uncertainty continues.
The end of the Grainpro saga.
The wool market gets it's mo-jo back
Lamb prices crash in Tasmania and WA.
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2019-09-2706 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 20th September 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia.
Will grain prices rise above last year?
How is the live export moratorium impacting upon WA sheep pricing (hint: It's big)
How does the rise in the wool market compare to previous rallies?
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2019-09-2006 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 13th September 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week we cover livestock with Matt Dalgleish, Grains with Andrew Whitelaw and wool with Olivia Agar.
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2019-09-1310 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Recap - 6th September 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week Matt Dalgleish and Andrew Whitelaw update on wheat and livestock. The following topics are covered:
Corn might meet USDA expectations
Opportunity for hedging on ASX?
Cattle price forecasts
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2019-09-0610 minCommodity Conversations#13 The fate of the merinoMake Merino Great Again?
With droughts, strong demand for sheepmeat and a tough fight for acres, what is the fate of the Merino industry? In this podcast Rob Herrmann asks Andrew Richie from Icon Ag, Charlie De Fegely a western vic sheep producer and Marius Cuming from AWI, what will it take to make Merino great again?
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2019-09-0330 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 30th August 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week Olivia Agar and Andrew Whitelaw update on wheat and wool. The following topics are covered:
BOM outlook
WA Crop
Drop in demand for wool
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2019-08-3008 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 23rd August 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week Olivia Agar and Andrew Whitelaw update on cropping and livestock. The following topics are covered:
The removal of the South Australian moratorium on genetically modified crops
Processor margin update
Mutton export values
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2019-08-2209 minCommodity Conversations#12 The road to $100bn with Fiona SimsonThis week we talk to Fiona Simson about the $100bn roadmap. This roadmap is a plan to move the agricultural industry from $60bn (2016) to $100bn by 2030.
We cover:
Summary of the plan and its importance to the industry
The five pillars of the plan
After a couple of years, how well is the plan being adopted?
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Remember to visit Mecardo.com.au to get the h...2019-08-2142 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 16th August 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week Olivia Agar and Andrew Whitelaw will be cover grains and wool.
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2019-08-1607 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 9th August 2019A summary of the agricultural markets in Australia. This week covering wool, sheep, cattle and grains.
Remember to get your full update at http://www.mecardo.com.au
2019-08-0911 minCommodity Conversations#11 Insolvency in the grain gameThere 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.
2019-07-2919 minCommodity Conversations#7 Post Election discussion & wheat importsBrett 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.
2019-05-2738 minCommodity Conversations#6 Election SpecialIt'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.
2019-05-1550 minCommodity Conversations#5 The taste of fake meat and its potential impactThe 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.
2019-05-0436 minCommodity ConversationsMarket Update - 18th April 2019A 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
2019-04-1808 minCommodity Conversations#4 Live export - 1 year on from the Awassi ExpressMecardo 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 their assessment.
Paying for footage
Value of live export to the agricultural industry
2019-04-1542 minCommodity Conversations#2 Agtech - is it all hype?Mecardo are joined by Dwain Duxson of Farm Tender. In this short conversation (30mins) we discuss the following topics:
The buzz/hype around agtech.
Innovation in ag from outside, what do these new entrants need to learn?
The value of failure in improving your business.
2019-03-1931 minCommodity Conversations#1 Social Licence in AgricultureCommodity Conversations is produced by Mecardo, where we provide some insights into the agricultural industry.
In the the inaugural episode we discuss the buzzword of the moment, 'social licence'
2019-02-2735 min