May You Live in Interesting Times: The Making Sense of the Driving Forces behind the Agricultural Market

May you live in interesting times", there is debate about whether this expression is meant as a blessing or as a curse. The past five years have seen the most interesting of times, from COVID to war. These events have all had huge ramifications for the global economy, and this all flows through to the agricultural supply chain.

To make the best decisions in farming, it is important to understand what is occurring around the world. This requires data analysis to formulate insights that can explain the drive of the market, you don't have time to do that, but the team at EP3 track the data on a daily basis. In this presentation, we will discuss the factors that you may now have thought about that are positively and negatively impacting your operation's bottom line.
Episode 3, is the leader in agricultural market insights in Australia and will provide the insights and stories behind the market so that you can understand what is the driving force.

About Matt: 
A graduate of Economics and Education Matt has had a keen interest in markets of all sorts from an early age. Matt has spent decades being involved in commodity and financial markets, including time spent trading equities, metals and foreign exchange.

Making the transition into agricultural market analysis in 2015 was an exciting opportunity, enabling Matt to use his data analysis and forecasting skills to provide commentary and strategic advice to the food manufacturing sector and the agricultural industry. 

Matt has been an owner of a commercial pig farm near Bendigo and continues to operate a hobby farm on the outskirts of Ballarat. Matt has become a prominent agricultural market analyst, often quoted in the agricultural press and sought after for his independent, data driven assessment of commodity markets.