New Zealand's protein moment: Making every bite count
What do strong red meat prices, smaller appetites, pasture, and cottage cheese have in common? They're all part of a changing global protein...
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Australian 2026/27 winter crop forecast: A smaller but historically large crop amid firmer grain prices and higher input costs
In this episode, RaboResearch analysts Oskar Mitchell and Vítor Pistóia unpack the forecast for a large Australian winter crop in excess of...
New Zealand and Australia interest rates: The lay of the land
Join RaboResearch Analyst Oskar Mitchell and Senior Market Strategist Ben Picton as they discuss what is happening with interest rates in Ne...
The business case for nitrification inhibitors
Fertiliser is one of the largest variable input costs in Australian cropping, yet a significant proportion of applied nitrogen can be lost b...
Birds of a feather: Global poultry market update
The H5 strain of avian influenza has been detected in Australia, raising questions about what this might mean for Australian poultry operati...
Playing with the big boys: The Brazilian beef industry
With trade disruptions causing major shifts in global beef trade, understanding how the world's biggest exporter is managing becomes importa...
Semiannual fertiliser outlook: What's influencing prices?
Oskar Mitchell is joined by Bruno Fonseca, RaboResearch's Senior Farm Inputs Analyst in Brazil and lead author of the Semiannual Fertiliser...
Global trends reshaping the Global Dairy Top 20
Michael Harvey is joined by Tom Booijink from the European team to discuss the release of the Global Dairy Top 20 report and to explore the...
Movement on the global beef chessboard and what that means for Australian and New Zealand cattle producers
Recently, we have seen new quotas come into effect, tariffs removed, and trade volumes shift in global markets. With so much of Australia an...
The RBA cash rate outlook: Mountains left to climb
There has been a bit of a change in market expectations surrounding the RBA cash rate in recent days, so what gives? Join RaboResearch Gener...
Russian and Ukrainian grain export disruptions and the impact on grain prices
War in Ukraine and Russia in recent weeks heavily disrupted grain export capabilities, driving grain prices higher. General Manager RaboRese...
Is Australia's cheese-centric dairy model running out of milk protein?
In this episode, Stefan Vogel sits with Michael Harvey to discuss how milk protein scarcity is reshaping Australia's dairy industry and chal...
Avocados go global: supply expansion and market diversification
In this episode, RaboResearch Senior Analysts David Magaña and Michael Harvey catch up to discuss the key findings from the latest Global Av...
War escalations drive wheat and diesel prices higher
Attacks on Ukrainian and Russian ports have disrupted grain exports, moving grain prices up substantially. General Manager of RaboResearch –...
Better calves, better returns
In this episode, Jen Corkran and Emma Higgins explore the growing dairy-beef opportunity in New Zealand. From sexed semen and genetics to ca...
From China to cheese: The next chapter in dairy trade
In this episode, Michael Harvey and Emma Higgins discuss the release of RaboResearch's World Dairy Map 2026, exploring how global dairy trad...
Australia's 2026/27 crop update: from a late, dry start to strong prospects
In this episode, RaboResearch analyst Vítor Pistóia takes listeners around the country to assess current crop conditions and the outlook for...
New Zealand mid-year check-in: Record production, strong prices and El Niño watch
Emma Higgins and Jen Corkran review New Zealand's agricultural outlook, highlighting record dairy production, strong beef and lamb prices, a...
Global fertiliser markets: from geopolitical volatility to raw material constraints
In this episode, RaboResearch analysts Vítor Pistóia and Angus Gidley-Baird discuss the latest developments in global fertiliser markets, ex...
July official cash rate decision, Hormuz memorandum of understanding, and rates outlook for New Zealand
Join Senior Animal Protein Analyst Jen Corkran and Senior Market Strategist Ben Picton as they discuss the July Reserve Bank of New Zealand...