By Martin Riordan – Sales and Service Genesus Brazil Email mariordan@gmail.com For decades it has been predicted that Brazil would become the breadbasket of the world. The Creator was generous when he made Brazil: a vast land area (slightly less than... (Continue reading)
Download The Complete Report Pork/Hogs First-Quarter Wholesale-to-Retail Spread Record-Wide The full set of data that is now available for the first quarter of 2012, is useful in explaining important hog and pork market dynamics of the quarter, as well as... (Continue reading)
Dennis Smith of Archer Financial Services – IF MORNING LIVESTOCK REPORT Wednesday May 16, 2012 LEAN HOGS Short covering was the feature of lean hog futures yesterday. Total open interest was down nearly 4,000 cars on the explosive rally. The... (Continue reading)
Download The Complete Reort Corn Planting Progress and Emergence Raise Yield Prospects for 2012/13 As of the same date, 32 percent of the expected crop had emerged, compared with an average of 13 percent in 2007-11 and 6 percent last... (Continue reading)
Download The Complete Report Market Comments One of the arguments for the continued weakness in the pork market has been that prices at the consumer level have not adjusted quickly enough to clear the market. While export shipments have been... (Continue reading)
(Guide to Podcasting on farmdoc here) Play Now: MP3 (in page player) Download:MP3 (right click to ‘save as’)Subscribe: RSS/iTunes XML May 14, 2012 CORN MARKET DIRECTION UNFOLDING, MAGNITUDE STILL UNCERTAIN The USDA’s projections of U.S. and world corn and feed... (Continue reading)
Large Traders Continue To Reduce Positions Paul Georgy of Allendale, Inc – IF Good Morning! Paul Georgy with early morning comments for May 14, 2012 at 5.10 am. Corn and soybeans futures are lower. Investor confidence is shattered due to... (Continue reading)
NW_LS255 Des Moines, IA Fri May 11,2012 USDA-Iowa Dept of Ag Market News National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report: Week Ending May 11 Weekly Summary of prices on a delivered farm to farm basis. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK: 104,965 LAST WEEK:... (Continue reading)
Lean Hog futures closed higher in all but the soon to expire May contract. Based on the daily MPR data, hog carcass weights are currently hovering at around 208 pounds per carcass, about 1.3 pounds or 1% higher than a... (Continue reading)
Livestock Market Comments Robert Shoby Bob Short, PFGBEST 1-800-280-4566 rshort@PFGBEST.com Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. Central: Hogs: Hog futures have the good, the bad, and the ugly this morning. The good news is we did put another... (Continue reading)
Carcass weights for both cattle and hogs have been sharply higher this year, skewing the supply picture for beef and pork protein supplies YTD. By far the most dramatic impact of the higher carcass weights has been in the cattle... (Continue reading)
(Guide to Podcasting on farmdoc here) Play Now: MP3 (in page player) Download:MP3 (right click to ‘save as’)Subscribe: RSS/iTunes XML May 7, 2012 CORN PRICES IN THREE PARTS Corn prices have recently moved in three distinct patterns. These include the... (Continue reading)
Hogs Jay Brown of Commodity Research Bureau – CRB – IF – Fri May 04, 9:13AM CDT **** If you missed this profitable trading opportunity and are not incorporating BOTH Technical and Fundamental research into your trading decisions you are... (Continue reading)