Forecasting Australia's livestock future Part 1
Channel: Local Land Services NSW
Date: 01/06/2020

This is a two-part webinar featuring Simon Quilty, and brought to you by Local Land Services. Simon is an independent global beef analyst with over 30 years of industry experience. He will be bringing Northern Tablelands and North Coast livestock producers the most up to date information on the factors influencing future livestock prices.
Given the complexity of global markets as COVID-19 impacts consumer demand in many ways Simon will look to map out some the current challenges that exist in exporting meat around the world and the impact these challenges will have on cattle and lamb prices for the next two years - Simon will look to present his livestock price forecasts and explain how he arrived at these numbers and with the livestock officers talk about farming strategies during this period.
Your Local Land Services hosts will be:
• Max Newsome NTLLS Land Services Officer (Livestock)
• Nathan Jennings NCLLS Senior Land Services Officer (Agriculture Advice)

Session 1
• Australia's cattle cycles - drought versus the rebuild.
• African Swine Fever
• COVID19
• Impact on global food services
• Impact on global retail demand
• High unemployment globally and its impact on consumer spending
• The impact of these events on livestock prices in Australia.
• Preparing for the future.
Speakers: Simon has extensively researched the factors that have driven livestock prices higher over many years, he has just returned from an extensive North American research tour meeting key industry stakeholders.