The Australian Food and Grocery Council invites members to attend a webinar providing a quarterly update on agriculture commodities by Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) experts.

DATE:          Tuesday, 23 March 2021 TIME:           10.00 – 11.00am AEST THIS IS A FULL MEMBER EVENT ONLY

BACKGROUND:

Agri-commodities form a key input into the food and beverage manufacturing sector. Recent variability in global demand, foreign exchange and supply of certain commodities is leading to uncertainty regarding supply and prices.

Join the webinar to make sense of the drivers, production and supply of key agriculture commodities.

Speaker | Andrew Cameron, Economist, ABARES Agricultural Commodities Section

Andrew is an economist in ABARES Agricultural Commodities section, which produces ABARES outlook for Australia’s major agricultural commodities. Prior to joining ABARES, Andrew worked for the Commonwealth Grants Commission as an economist modeller, and with the Australian Bureau of Statistics in various roles. He has a Bachelor’s degree in business, majoring in economics, from the Queensland University of Technology. Andrew is from a cotton and cereals farm west of Toowoomba, Queensland.

Participants will be provided Zoom meeting details on completion of registration.