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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.
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Cheryl Murphy Durzy is the founder and CEO Liberation Distribution (LibDib) and she joins the Raboresearch beverage team to discuss the future of the three tier system. Cheryl started LibDib after years of frustration finding distributors for her family’s wine label. LibDib is a web-based distribution portal that ensures every “maker” in the US has…
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Whether you call it lab-based meat, Tofurkey, or the Impossible Burger, there is no denying that alternative proteins have taken a huge leap forward. Silicon Valley is clamouring to invest in this developing segment, but are consumers willing to accept these new products? On this episode of the RaboResearch Podcast, Senior Analyst Christine McCrack…
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Retaining workers in the grueling world of meat and poultry processing has never been easy, but has it ever been this hard? Between low unemployment rates, new facilities coming online, and a shrinking pool of immigrant labor, some processing facilities are struggling to survive. On this week's show, Senior Analyst, Christine McCracken, offers idea…
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Craft spirits are an explosive trend across the world. The craft spirits movement is just starting to emerge, but in virtually every developed economy, there are more distilleries and more craft brands than ever before. Can craft spirits follow the path of craft beer and seize a huge share of the market from mainstream distillers? On this week's ep…
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Since peaking in 2015, some California agricultural land prices have since softened. Lower tree nut prices, low capitalization rates for investors, and rising production costs all play a part, but the impending implementation of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act will continue to put additional downward pressure on specific types o…
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Rabobank’s resident beer guru Francois Sonneville and the rest of the team sit down to discuss the future of beer and how breweries can deliver for stakeholders and consumers in the face of stagnating volumes. This episode features: Stephen Rannekleiv, Global Strategist for Beverages; Francois Sonneville, Senior Beverage Analyst; Jim Watson, Senior…
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In response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum, the Mexican government has imposed 10% to 15% tariffs of its own, targeting the U.S. cheese industry, among other sectors. Tom Bailey, Senior Analyst and Executive Director of Dairy at Rabobank, tells us what this means for producers and consumers on both sides of the border.…
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Where do you see the coffee industry in ten years? On this week’s Liquid Assets, the team tackles some difficult questions. Could bean-to-cup machines overtake pods and capsules in the next decade? Where does unbranded coffee belong in a world of branded beverages? NEWS UPDATE: Nestle and Starbucks reach a USD 7bn deal. What does this mean for the …
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Roland Fumasi, Senior Fruit, Vegetables and Tree Nuts Analyst in the US, and Hayden Higgins, Senior Horticulture Analyst in Australia, discuss the Australian and US Almond sectors: What’s been happening over 2017 and 2018 for Almond crop volumes and exports, the impact of the big freeze in California on Almond supply, changing land use in Californi…
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