RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness Australia/NZ

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.

Australian 2026/27 winter crop forecast: A smaller but historically large crop amid firmer grain prices and higher input costs

Oct 15, 2026

In this episode, RaboResearch analysts Oskar Mitchell and Vítor Pistóia unpack the forecast for a large Australian winter crop in excess of 60 million tonnes and explore sharp regional contrasts, record canola production, firmer grain prices, and the rising input costs that continue to squeeze grower margins. They...

New Zealand and Australia interest rates: The lay of the land

Oct 7, 2026

Join RaboResearch Analyst Oskar Mitchell and Senior Market Strategist Ben Picton as they discuss what is happening with interest rates in New Zealand and Australia. Ben and Oskar unpack where both countries are at in the economic cycle, what it means for their respective cash rates, what is going on internationally that...

The business case for nitrification inhibitors

Sep 29, 2026

Fertiliser is one of the largest variable input costs in Australian cropping, yet a significant proportion of applied nitrogen can be lost before crops can use it. In this podcast, Stefan Vogel and Farm Inputs Analyst Oskar Mitchell discuss how nitrification inhibitors can improve nitrogen-use efficiency by reducing...

Birds of a feather: Global poultry market update

Sep 22, 2026

The H5 strain of avian influenza has been detected in Australia, raising questions about what this might mean for Australian poultry operations. Angus Gidley-Baird chats with RaboResearch poultry analyst Nan-Dirk Mulder about how other countries have managed avian influenza and gets an update on global poultry...

Playing with the big boys: The Brazilian beef industry

Sep 20, 2026

With trade disruptions causing major shifts in global beef trade, understanding how the world's biggest exporter is managing becomes important. Angus Gidley-Baird and Jen Corkran chat with Brazilian analyst Wagner Yanaguizawa about the Brazilian cattle market and what these trade disruptions mean for it.