Rising weights & falling grain, market wrap with Mecardo – 24th June 2022
Plenty 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...
24 Jun 202215min
Maximising sheep & lamb health - 17th June 2022
Dr Paula Gonzalez-Rivas is the Technical Services Manager for Nutrition at Virbac and on today’s episode she discusses some of the latest products developed by Virbac in relation to sheep health and t...
17 Jun 202215min
Research cuts to agriculture when we should be investing more than ever - 11th June 2022
Charlie de Fegely, Dobie, south of Ararat, along with his family, run 9,000 composite ewes, turning off lambs in November. In 2019 he was awarded the biennial AW Howard medal for excellence in pasture...
10 Jun 202220min
The sustainability story - 3rd June 2022
The sustainability of wool as a fibre and sheep as a production system in Australia is well understood by those in the industry, but we can’t expect that end customers see it the same way. Ed Storey i...
3 Jun 202223min
FMD & LSD - has the risk increased? 27th May 2022
Australia's sheep & cattle meat is highly sought after around the world, partly because of the strict biosecurity standards and clean green reputation of our livestock industry. We’re not immune to un...
27 Mai 202228min
Currency, commodity corrections & crossbreds - 23th May 2022
Liv’s back on deck this week with Rob to catch up on all the latest moves in ag markets. This week they discuss the impact of the falling aussie dollar on commodities, India’s recent ban on wheat expo...
23 Mai 202219min
India free trade agreement and more – 15th May 2022
This week on Mecardo, Michael Whitehead, head of agri-insights ANZ, joins us to discuss a whole range of commodities, from cattle, sheep and lamb, diary, wine and even berries. As usual Michael shares...
15 Mai 202223min
Goat market kicking goals – 7th May 2022
Although Australian only produce around 1% of total goat meat in the world – demand for Aussie goat meat locally and internationally, has been steadily growing since around 2013 - pushing the price of...
7 Mai 202221min
