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Commodity Conversations

Commodity conversations explores all the moves in Australian agricultural markets and the stories behind what's driving them.
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Episodes

Market Recap - 31st July 2020

A 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.

Jul 31, 202013 minEp. 93

Market Recap - 24th July 2020

A 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.

Jul 24, 202018 minEp. 92

Market Recap - 17th July 2020

A 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.

Jul 17, 202010 minEp. 91

#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.

Jul 09, 202034 minEp. 90

Market Recap - 3rd July 2020

A 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.

Jul 03, 202013 minEp. 89

#28 Meat and wool megatrends- what's changed?

We've all heard the trends impacting meat and wool markets like African Swine Fever and the rising Asian middle class, but what impact has a global pandemic had on these trends and how they affect commodity markets? In this episode, David Cornish, Director of Agribusiness at Marcus Oldham Agricultural College and Robert Herrmann provide some insight into these questions.

Jun 29, 202035 minEp. 88

Market Recap - 19th June 2020

A 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.

Jun 19, 202013 minEp. 87

Market Recap - 12th June 2020

A 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.

Jun 12, 20209 minEp. 86

Market Recap - 31st May 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

May 31, 202012 minEp. 85

Market Recap - 22nd May 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Robert Herrmann and Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

May 22, 202016 minEp. 84

Market Recap - 15th May 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

May 15, 202012 minEp. 83

Market Recap - 1st May 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

May 01, 202015 minEp. 82

Market Recap - 24th April 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Robert Herrmann. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

Apr 24, 202016 minEp. 81

Market Recap - 17th April 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Andrew Whitelaw, Olivia Agar and Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks

Apr 17, 202012 minEp. 80

#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.

Apr 09, 202043 minEp. 79

Market Recap - 3rd April 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. Andrew Whitelaw will cover grain and Robert Herrmann will cover wool. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Apr 03, 202010 minEp. 77

Market Recap - 28th March 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Mar 27, 202010 minEp. 76

#25 Does the tyranny of distance offer protection?

In a move away from our regular agriculture/market discussions, we are going to discuss the health implications of COVID-19 with a focus on rural areas. In this podcast Robert Herrmann is joined by David Deutscher. David is a surgeon with experience working in rural areas, and also the chair of the Committee for Ballarat.

Mar 23, 202023 minEp. 75

Market Recap - 21st March 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Olivia Agar, Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Mar 21, 202013 minEp. 74

#24 Coronavirus - The wider economy & FX

Go 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.

Mar 17, 202031 minEp. 73

Market Recap - 13th March 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week with Olivia Agar, Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Mar 13, 202010 minEp. 72

Market Recap - 6th March 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Mar 06, 202010 minEp. 71

Market Recap - 28th February 2020

A 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.

Feb 28, 20208 minEp. 70

Market Recap - 14th February 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Feb 14, 20209 minEp. 69

Market Recap - 7th February 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool, grain, cattle & sheep markets. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Feb 07, 20207 minEp. 68

#23 Phase 1 - Our view on the Australian impact

The Phase 1 deal between the US and China could have ramifications for Australian agriculture. Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish have a chat about the deal and cover: What the deal is (in layman terms) Our opinions on the likely impact to Australian agriculture The commodities most likely to be impacted.

Jan 29, 202040 minEp. 67

Market Recap - 17th January 2020

A short summary of the agricultural markets in Australia by the Mecardo team. This week covering wool, grain, cattle & sheep markets. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Jan 17, 202010 minEp. 65

#22 Bushfire crisis in livestock

Australia has suffered through an agonizing bush fire season which has caused untold levels of damage to homes and businesses. In this update we talk about the livestock impacted by these bushfires. The discussion between Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish will cover livestock populations (sheep & cattle), death projections and the impact on the wider industry.

Jan 07, 202015 minEp. 64

Market Recap - 20th December 2019

A 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. Remember to share this podcast with your networks.

Dec 20, 20199 minEp. 63
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