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Rabobank's RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness team has 85 analysts working in local teams across the worldwide Rabobank network. They generate knowledge, and develop views and insights on businesses, topics and developments in the food & agribusiness sectors across the globe. All analysts have their own sector specialisations—ranging from meat and fish to dairy, vegetables, fruit and floriculture, coffee and cocoa.

May 22, 2018

Blake Holgate catches up with US-based Senior Animal Protein Analyst Don Close to discuss the likelihood that continued drought conditions will lead to some degree of forced liquidation of the US cow herd, and the potential impact this would have on NZ beef prices. Don also explains how US farmers manage the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, which has been present in their herd for over 20 years