Agriculture
Poultry producer Ingham’s posted a robust maiden first half and brokers suspect prospectus forecasts may be beaten.
Feb 16 2017
First half results for Capilano Honey were subdued after years of strong earnings growth, as the company invests in new product.
Feb 07 2017
Potential To Boost Farm Animal Yields
Anatara Lifesciences will soon offer a treatment for meat animals such as cattle and pigs, designed to reduce gastrointestinal disorders and increase meat yield.
Jan 24 2017
Treasure Chest: More Pain For Bellamy’s?
FNArena’s Treasure Chest reports on money making ideas from stockbrokers and other experts. Goldman Sachs has updated on Bellamy’s with (probably) the most bearish assessment available in the local market.
Jan 19 2017
Previous Stories
Material Matters: Upgrades To Bulk Forecasts, Food Prices and PGMs
May 19 2011
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with bulk price forecasts lifted, Goldman Sachs talking food is a late cycle commodity play and tighter PGM markets.
Coffee Prices Percolate to Multi-Decade Highs
May 12 2011
Weather permitting the price of coffee could rise to US$4 per pound later this year, reports Investment U’s Tony D’Altorio.
A Harsh Reality – The Challenge Of Feeding A Growing Global Population
Apr 21 2011
Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills suggests while the Green Revolution lifted agricultural production a growing global population continues to present challenges for feeding the world.
Harsh Times – A New Normal
Apr 14 2011
Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills suggests harsh times of higher food prices and resulting civil unrest are here to stay.
Material Matters: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Auto Sales And Cocoa
Mar 11 2011
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with silver gaining relative to gold given weaker demand for the latter, a review of uranium and updates on Asian auto sales and cocoa.
Weakening USD Puts Commodities On A Roll
Mar 04 2011
Technical market analysts see pressure increasing on USD while highlighting this further stimulates commodities.
Material Matters: Platinum, Oil, Bulks and Fertilisers
Mar 02 2011
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with positives for platinum, coal and iron ore, a ook at oil and base metals and an update on fertiliser prices.
Material Matters: Bulks, Copper, Zinc And Chinese Tightening
Feb 24 2011
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with a push for monthly coal contracts, positive fundamentals for copper and iron but not zinc and an assessment of the impact of Chinese monetary policy on commodity prices.
Two More Decades Of Wet For Australia?
Feb 16 2011
Some scientists believe there exist longer scale wet/dry cycles which overlay the shorter El Nino/La Nina cycles and that we may have just come out of a decades of dry and into decades of wet. This could mean more “Brisbanes” over the next twenty plus years.
Material Matters: Thermal Coal, Iron Ore, Palladium, And Alumina
Feb 15 2011
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with positive fundamentals identified in thermal coal and fertiliser markets, short-term support for iron ore and palladium and alumina prices tipped to forecast to go higher.
