US imported beef prices continued to edge lower, underpinned by cautious US end users remaining reluctant to offer bids for imported product at a time when domestic fed cattle prices are on a downward trend. (more…)
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Productivity in the sheep industry – how it measures up
Productivity growth is an essential measure of performance for Australian agriculture as, in the long term, it demonstrates the change in efficiency of utilising inputs (such as land, labour, capital, chemicals, fodder) to produce outputs (such as meat, wool, crops, milk). Improving productivity is a key mechanism to maintain producer profitability, and to meet the…
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Food Price Index continues to climb
FAO’s Food Price Index rose for the third consecutive month in July 2017, to average 178.1 points – it’s highest level since January 2015. (more…)
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Grainfed export growth in Asia
A historically low Australian cattle herd and the consequent tight supplies constricted numbers on feed during the 2016-17 fiscal year, particularly in the September quarter 2016. (more…)
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