Agricultural Economist

Updated:
July 20, 2025 - The Agricultural Economist identifies business growth opportunities through market research and analyzes prices and market trends for crops. This role involves conducting supply and demand analysis, developing risk assessment models, and compiling management reports based on customer and market feedback. Contributions include publishing research findings, creating innovative materials, and producing agency reports that address complex economic factors influencing food choices and market dynamics.

Job Summary:

• Take responsibility for sector research and policy formulation
• Conduct concurrent research and impact analysis of sector macros for senior management
• Single point contact for sector-specific advisory and information
• Develop sector-focussed themes based on compelling talks/pitches/presentation decks held before government bodies, investors, and other external stakeholders
• Conduct periodic primary research for the sector through theme-based field studies
• Contribute sector-focussed articles for the company’s Linked In page/external publications
• Participate in Annual Operating and Long-Range Planning activities for select businesses
• Undertake periodic competitor benchmarking and analysis
• Participate in periodic business review activity by preparing meaningful review templates
• Help in the selection of a dairy cow lactation yield prediction equation

Skills on Resume:

• Sector Research (Hard Skills)
• Policy Formulation (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Presentation Development (Hard Skills)
• Primary Research (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Planning (Soft Skills)
• Communication and Writing (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provide relevant and proactive impact analyses and modeling on shifts in global meat trade flows (driven by consumers, market access, supply changes, etc.)
• Deliver analysis that shows Australia’s competitiveness in domestic and export markets along with risk and opportunity areas.
• Monitor, analyze, and interpret macroeconomic data (such as commodities forecasts, and international trade) that impact the overall supply chains that the Australian meat processing industry faces
• Monitor, analyze, and interpret microeconomic data for macroeconomic context, e.g. assessing employment, regulatory, and energy analyses in the red meat processing sector
• Maintain an up-to-date intelligence on global competitor proteins and suppliers – synthesizing relevant insights into understandable takeaways for the industry.
• Proactively identify global industry issues or trends that are of relevance for Australian red meat exports.
• Conduct export supply chain analysis and modeling exploring the threats and opportunities for Australian red meat across the global market.
• Become an economic and sector expert in the global meat market, understanding the broad global context and implications of the wide-ranging impacts it has on the Australian red meat industry.
• Curation, synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of data and information from multiple sources, spanning supply and demand

Skills on Resume:

• Impact Modeling (Hard Skills)
• Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Data Interpretation (Hard Skills)
• Economic Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Trend Spotting (Soft Skills)
• Supply Chain Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Data Synthesis (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Collaborate with industry stakeholders to provide high-quality economic assessment and advice, business planning, and extension services targeting improved profitability and sustainability
• Develop bio-economic models and use other economic analysis methods to assess agricultural production activities, natural resource management initiatives, and policy analysis
• Identify economic and technical issues relevant to the development of more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable farming and grazing systems in Queensland
• Use computer and scientific technologies to analyze data and produce reports on time to meet project milestones and management needs
• Provide advice and direction to management…