Markets - Australian Farm Institute

Global perspectives on the COVID-19 recovery and agriculture

Published 24 Nov 2020

What policy, strategy and/or structural changes might be required to accelerate the agricultural sector’s recovery out of the COVID-19 economic downturn in your region? Shari Rogge-Fidler, President and CEO of Farm Foundation, and Yves Madre from Farm Europe give their views.

Spring 2020: Leveraging Australian agriculture’s competitive edge

Published 13 Oct 2020

Australian agriculture continues to depend on global markets for prosperity and growth. While our share of global agricultural markets has been declining, exports still remain a vital component of the growth story of Australian agriculture. This spring edition of the Farm Policy Journal contains four articles which explore how Australian agriculture remains relevant…

Competition Global Markets Trade

Analysing competition policy in agriculture

Published 9 Sep 2020

Retailers may ‘sell’ the idea of farming as a bucolic lifestyle but in reality agriculture is a competitive, market-driven business. While Australian agriculture is primarily export-focused, the domestic food market is characterised by the dominance of the major retailers – usually referred to as the duopoly (Coles and Woolworths) –…

Competition Dairy Food Markets

Competitive tensions

Published 9 Sep 2020

Articles about competition policy often tend to open with a statement along the lines of: Competition is central to the operation of markets, and fosters innovation, productivity and growth, all of which create wealth and reduce poverty. Even though that statement is definitive, it will be inevitably followed by a…

Competition Global Markets Trade

The changing landscape of protein production: opportunities and challenges for Australian agriculture

Published 1 Feb 2020

While the impact of growth trends in vegetarian and flexitarian consumer segments on animal agriculture is often debated in industry circles, this analysis demonstrates continued and stable demand for traditional (animal-sourced) protein sources. Animal agriculture plays a significant role in the Australian economy and is likely to continue to do…

Beef Business Environment Livestock Markets

February 2020 Insights

Published 1 Feb 2020

Over the past 30 years, Australian seafood industries have been devastated by a steady march of disease outbreaks, often with little or no warning. Each episode has been devastating, and all have starkly illustrated aquatic disease management’s primary challenge: the underwater world has no fences. Given the absence of effective…

Biosecurity Fisheries Global Livestock Markets Risk Social Licence Sustainability Trade

Autumn 2019: Disruptions in agricultural trade

Published 1 Mar 2019

Australian agriculture is trade dependent. Around 65% of Australia’s agricultural production is exported and if the sector is to achieve the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) target of $100 billion of farmgate output it will mostly occur as a result of export growth. Yet there are many current disruptive factors to…

Global Grains Markets Trade Transport

Is a $100B target for agriculture ambitious enough?

Published 16 Jan 2018

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) recently held its first meeting with the new Agriculture and Water Resources Minister, David Littleproud. In this meeting the NFF emphasised the goal for agriculture to be a $100 billion industry by 2030. That target would require another $30 billion to be added to the…

Agriculture Markets Policy Trade

Australia’s beef industry needs to get productive, and fast

Published 10 Apr 2017

Two recent events have highlighted the competitive challenge faced by the Australian beef industry. Anyone lulled into thinking that the current high cattle and beef prices will persist over the longer term might need to reconsider that opinion, and quickly! The ‘rotten beef’ scandal that emerged in Brazil in mid-March…

Agriculture Beef Business Competition Markets Trade

Market transparency matters

Published 19 Mar 2017

In the current post-regulation era for Australian agricultural markets, there is a growing awareness of the importance of market transparency as a key factor to ensure markets remain competitive, and the benefits of sectoral efficiency gains are distributed equitably through supply chains. The focus on market transparency is much stronger…

Agriculture Business Competition Macroeconomics Markets Policy

US bans on illegal immigrant workers may benefit Australian farmers

Published 20 Feb 2017

A key policy promise of US President Donald Trump during the recent US election campaign was to round up illegal workers and deport them, because these workers are ‘taking the jobs of US citizens’. If enacted, this policy would have a very large adverse impact on US farming and the…

Agriculture Beef Competition Fruit Markets Pork Poultry Trade

Is an Australia-UK trade agreement more cultural cringe than commercial reality?

Published 19 Sep 2016

In the wake of the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, there has been some speculation that the move will create opportunities for Australia, and that serious efforts should be made to negotiate a free trade deal between the UK and Australia. From the perspective of…

Agriculture Beef Business Markets Trade

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