2005

9 December 2005  Vol 13 No 48 Wheat and canola crops up in Canada Oil For Food inquiry gets underway - inquiry could jeopardise AWB single desk Varietal Pools and Cliff Face pricing Canadian pulses - exports on the rise Barley - Malt prices collapse under good malt harvest and grower selling 2 December 2005  Vol 13 No 47 Wheat - nearby and longer term prices at odds ABARE Crop Report - remarkable turnaround ABB Single Payment Pool Vs AWB Distribution Pool 25 November 2005 Vol 13 No 46 ABARE crop report ABB Single Payment Pool, vs AWB Distribution Pool Livestock - rain fails to fire up prices 18 November 2005  Vol 13 No 45 WTO trade negotiations stall US farmer payments increase USDA Report - fails to excite markets Canola outlook - good crop, pity about the price! Barley Pools 11 November 2005  Vol 13 No 44 AWB skirmishes on several fronts: Iraq, US Wheat Associates and the row with CBH Yield Map - Bin buster in WA, good finishing rain in the eastern states Canola Marketing Options Perspective on feed grain prices 5 November 2005  Vol 13 No 43 Inquiry into AWB's role in Oil-For-Food scandal Early harvest round-up: QLD, NSW & WA EYCI fails to fire despite rains Quality problems in early barley harvest 28 October 2005   Vol 13 No 42 Bird Flu affecting markets Grade spreads widening - contrast to flat pricing last few years Freight and Fobbing costs increase across the board - state by state break down 21 October 2005   Vol 13 No 41 Wheat struggling, corn dominates futures "What you see is what you get" pools from Elders New MPT contract from AWB Early harvest round-up Workshop - Warehousing Basis - wheat basis has room for improvement 14 October 2005   Vol 13 No 40 Trade: US beats Aus on Iraq wheat deal; US offer to cut subsidies Barley Outlook - prospects look constrained USDA Report analysis 7 October 2005   Vol 13 No 39 Pool estimates become key to cash flows US wheat futures rally on smaller US crop Yield Map - state by state analysis Workshop - Managed Pools 30 September 2005  Vol 13 No 38 South America - a major player Workshop - Loans Against Pools Canadian rain woes continue; Katrina and Rita market turning point 23 September 2005  Vol 13 No 37 KCBOT-CBOT spread setting price agenda Crop Outlook - heavily depends on spring Workshop - Payments Against Pools 16 September 2005  Vol 13 No 36 USDA Report - bears in charge Cattle prices - Impact of Katrina; Impact of high oil prices Workshop - Cash or Pools 9 September 2005   Vol 13 No 35 Yield Map - state by state round-up ABARE forecasts Wheat Pools - the choices this harvest Seasonality in the EYCI 2 September 2005   Vol 13 No 34 Hurricane Katrina fallout Wheat quality to become key market driver Freight and logistics look set to increase 26th August 2005   Vol 13 No 33 Global grain quality struggling Record global wheat production leads to quality concerns Prospects look good for oats China - Australia's biggest opportunity 2-page Beef Market Supplement 19 August 2005   Vol 13 No 32 Tough week for markets; AWB reduces old crop estimate; Canadian canola estimates rise while Aussie canola bids head south Futures ease in defiance of USDA Report (summary of report) Ethanol - the search for fuel alternatives Wheat prices plunge towards pool level; new crop canola down; dollar stumbles; wool lower 12 August 2005    Vol 13 No 31 Yield Map and national crop report Workshop - Multigrade Contracts ACIL-Tasman study of effect of wheat pooling on WA growers 5 August 2005 - Vol 13 No 30 Quarterly Agribusiness Stocks Report #2 - Dairy Multi-V Pool update International Grains Council report - analysis 29 July 2005    Vol 13 No 29 Crop projections for domestic wheat, canola and barley Analysis - Barley 22 July 2005    Vol 13 No 28 Durum prospects for 2005 Wool - why the industry has not adopted price risk management Pricing opportunities for 2006 wheat 15 July 2005     Vol 13 No 27 Hurricane Dennis - saviour or dud? 2nd distribution for AWB 2004-05 pool AWB Multi-V grade spreads USDA report analysis Subsidies - G8 summit puts Ag subsidies back on the agenda 8 July 2005    Vol 13 No 26 Wheat pools - odds favour Final Pool exceeding 1 July pool estimate Sunflowers State-by-state sowing round-up + yield map 1 July 2005    Vol 13 No 25 Barley Pools Options for canola Old crop feed grain summary - wheat, barley and sorghum 24 June 2005    Vol 13 No 24 Beef Market Supplement 2003-04 Pool performance Plutus' Commodity Derivative product 17 June 2005    Vol 13 No 23 USDA report analysis Weather - rain brings good late break Weather dominated beef market 10 June 2005    Vol 13 No 22 ABARE report reflects drought concerns Barley above export parity Wool prices in a downtrend 3 June 2005    Vol 13 No 21 AWB announces 2005-06 grade spreads premium choice variety payment Australian canola crop set to plunge Drought - how high can prices go? A look at the AWB Tender system and alternative sources    for grain 27 May 2005    Vol 13 No 20 AWB Tenders NSW crop report Wheat - 3 forward pricing alternatives to minimise risk and take advantage of strong basis Barley - how high can prices go? A look at the domestic and international markets 20 May 2005    Vol 13 No 19 Bonus Beef Market Supplement Canola Crop estimates USDA report Feed Grains - crunch time as market at the crossroads 13 May 2005    Vol 13 No 18 2005 budget Wheat production estimates Grain Marketing Alternatives - Options on Futures Comparing prices of various marketing alternatives against the benchmark AWB pool 6 May 2005    Vol 13 No 17 Quarterly Agribusiness Shares Report #1 Canola and Barley crop estimates Grain Marketing Alternatives - Futures & Options 29 April 2005    Vol 13 No 16 International wheat crops Grain Marketing Alternatives - Wheat Pools: AWB, Second Tier and Managed Pools 22 April 2005    Vol 13 No 15 AOF canola plantings estimate 2005 Durum outlook Grain Marketing Alternatives - Canola hedging products 15 April 2005    Vol 13 No 14 USDA report Cattle markets continue to fall Grain Marketing Alternatives - Multigrade Barley contracts 8 April 2005    Vol 13 No 13 Brisbane Grains Week conference round-up: AWBI, WEA performance Planting intentions - canola down, pulses up Grain Marketing Alternatives - New AWB products 1 April 2005    Vol 13 No 12 AWB sales to Iraq Grain Marketing Alternatives - Basis Contracts 24 March 2005    Vol 13 No 11 Marketing strategy - review hedging plans and strategies Grain Marketing Alternatives - Commodity Swaps 18 March 2005    Vol 13 No 10 USDA report Weather watch - rainfall analogues and El Nino Grain Marketing Alternatives - Multigrade bin based contracts 11 March 2005    Vol 13 No 9 Futures rallies - when are they likely to happen? Grain Marketing Alternatives - Multigrade variety contracts 4 March 2005    Vol 13 No 8 Emerald Group's sorghum pool High protein wheat issues 25 February 2005    Vol 13 No 7 AWB 2003-04 National Pool distibutions and cash flow Agracorp's comprehensive wheat pricing package 18 February 2005    Vol 13 No 6 AWB exports canola under GLA permit Bumper soybean crops hammer canola Derivates - Sorghum, Wheat and Swaps 11 February 2005    Vol 13 No 5 USDA report AWB pool estimates Sorghum price outlook 4 February 2005    Vol 13 No 4 2005 grain price outlook - supply, demand and technical factors AWB pools fall with APH hardest hit 28 January 2005    Vol 13 No 3 Wool market riddled with uncertainty GrainCorp pools Barley price outlook 21 January 2005    Vol 13 No 2 Lentils - should end up a domestic affair Wheat price projections International grain market round-up 14 January 2005    Vol 13 No 1 USDA report Malt Barley price outlook Price projections - how to calculate a "most likely" pool price estimate