RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness Australia/NZ

Emma Higgins and Michael Harvey have a close look at the latest movements and rankings of the world’s largest dairy companies and reflect on the past two decades of change.

The US beef market has seen some phenomenal prices, which have provided support to Australia in the form of higher imported trimmings prices. In this podcast, Angus Gidley-Baird chats with Don Close in the US about the near-term future for the US beef market.

The European Commission has proposed ‘Fit for 55’, a package of policies aimed at reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. What does this mean for biofuel and, consequently, canola demand? Our G&O analyst in Australia, Dennis Voznesenski, chats with Rabobank’s Global Strategist for Grains & Oilseeds, Stefan Vogel. This episode also appears on our sister podcast RaboResearch Agri Commodities

Wes Lefroy and Michael Harvey undertake a half-time health check on food markets to look at how they are performing and what the second half might look like.

With prices buoyant for this time of the year, it's a good story all around for NZ sheepmeat farmers. Emma Higgins and Angus Gidley Baird discuss the drivers underpinning optimism in this sector.

Angus Gidley-Baird and Michael Harvey join forces to dig a little deeper and assess how diversification is at play across the Australian dairy supply chain.

Throughout 2021, higher prices and supply chain disruption have prompted Australian farmers to buy their fertiliser and agrochemical supplies earlier than usual. Was this a one off, or is this buying pattern here to stay for 2022? Wes Lefroy joins Michael Harvey to discuss.

The 2021/22 outlook for the Australian cotton sector appears bright in terms of production prospects and price. To find out if there are any catches, RaboResearch’s Agri Commodity Markets Cotton Analyst Andrew Rawlings joins Cheryl Kalisch Gordon of RaboResearch Australia to discuss the global market outlook and local Australian conditions. This episode also appears on our sister podcast RaboResearch Agri Commodities

For the first time since 2012, local NZ urea prices have nearly cracked NZD 800/tonne. Why? And just what does this mean for dairy margins ahead of the spring? Wes Lefroy, Senior Inputs Analyst, and Emma Higgins, Senior NZ Analyst, answer these questions… and many more!

Australian lamb is seeing a lift in US import prices. Angus Gidley-Baird speaks with US Rabobank Rural Manager Kyle Brungardt about the US lamb industry, including the dry conditions that are impacting supply and the demand that is driving prices.

First, we saw severe dryness in the western US and Canada, which continues. Now, we have heavy rains and even flooding across parts of Europe during harvest. Are these weather events a big deal? Dennis Voznesenski, Agricultural Analyst in Australia, is joined by Stefan Vogel, Global Strategist for Grains & Oilseeds based in Europe, to delve into the details.

RaboResearch Grain & Oilseed Analysts Cheryl Kalisch Gordon (Australia) and Steve Nicholson (US) discuss the vastly different seasonal conditions of Australia and North America, what the hot temperatures and insufficient rainfall across important grain-growing regions of the US and Canada mean for the pricing outlook, and opportunities for Australian grains this year.

Angus Gidley-Baird chats with Eva Goscik and Justin Sherrard, authors of a recent Rabobank report titled Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Beef Supply Chains, about opportunities to reduce GHG emissions and who might drive this change.

Listen in as Wes Lefroy and Dennis Voznesenski take a look at some interesting things that you might have missed in the headlines recently. In this wide-ranging podcast, we discuss wheat exports, apparel sales, foreign investment – and we even provide a quick review of a new agriculture reality show on Amazon. Enjoy!

Emma Higgins and Cheryl Kalish Gordon discuss whether the winter period can hold the pricing heat for NZ ag commodities.

Prices are good, production prospects are good as we enter FY2022. Cheryl Kalisch Gordon and Angus Gidley-Baird, RaboResearch Senior Analysts in Australia catch up to discuss Aussie Ag’s momentum and if it can be maintained.

In this episode, Dennis Voznesenski joins Oscar Tjakra to discuss the outlook for 2021/2022 Australian winter crop planting and how this will impact grain & oilseed importers in Southeast Asia. This episode is also on our sister podcast, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness: Asia

Angus Gidley-Baird joins Michael Harvey to take a look at the hot and new world of milk pricing in Australia.

Local urea prices have been increasing quickly in recent weeks – in some cases rising AUD 50/tonne in one week! Are these price rises justified? Cheryl Kalisch-Gordon and Wes Lefroy discuss.

Angus Gidley-Baird and Dennis Voznesenski discuss what is shaping the commodity price boom and how this is rubbing off on the Australian wool industry.