Episode Details

This week Bryan talks with senior AgriHQ analyst Mel Croad about what the year has in store for red meat markets. The year has started off positively with farmgate returns for lamb and beef both well above last year. But as always the weather, geopolitics and a pending trade war are all things to keep an eye on.

Also in the studio, Federated Farmers meat and wool chair Toby Williams says the government’s latest emissions reduction target signs us up for another 10 years of tree planting, with sheep and beef country still at risk as we endeavor to balance the carbon budget.