Lean Hogs closed slightly lower on the day and down 27.5 cents for the week. Pork in Cold Storage the end of December was at 481,673,000 pounds versus 475,829,000 pounds December of 2010. IA/MN hogs were up $0.14 this afternoon.... (Continue reading)
Livestock Market Comments Robert Short of PFGBest – InsideFutures.com by Bob Short, PFGBEST 1-800-280-4566 rshort@PFGBEST.com Friday, January 20, 2012 at 11:43 AM We lost 56 cents on pork product last night and w are now $0.92 higher for the... (Continue reading)
The latest WASDE forecasts for US beef, pork and poultry supplies in 2012 were little changed from December. There continues to be broad expectation that US meat protein supplies will be tighter in 2012, underpinning firm protein prices, particularly given... (Continue reading)
Vietnam Markets By Ron Lane, Senior Consultant – Genesus Vietnam and Meggie Vo, Research Assistant Email lane.ron59@yahoo.com Background: During the timeframe from 1996 to 2006, Vietnam’s pork production more than doubled (132%). This illustrates rapid growth- not mainly with large... (Continue reading)
–Wholesale pork prices inch upward –Cash hog markets mix of flat, weaker prices following holiday weekend By Marshall Eckblad and Curt Thacker Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–U.S. livestock futures closed higher on Tuesday, extending their recent rally due... (Continue reading)
National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report: Week Ending Jan 13 Weekly Summary of prices on a delivered farm to farm basis. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK: 96,725 LAST WEEK: 115,060 LAST YEAR: 136,238 VOLUME BY STATE OR PROVINCE OF ORIGIN: Iowa 19.3%,... (Continue reading)
The corn balance sheet appears little changed from the previous month and yet markets reacted negatively to a number of key data in both the WASDE report as well as the grain stocks survey and the survey of wheat seedings,... (Continue reading)
Meats Outlook CRB Research Team of Commodity Research Bureau – InsideFutures.com – Fri Jan 13, 11:41AM CST An Excerpt from CRB’S Futures Market Service. LIVE CATTLE Cattle prices retreated to a 3-week low from last month’s record nearest-futures high of... (Continue reading)
Mexico Markets, Good Pork Prices but Experts predict rise in Grain Prices By Fernando Ortiz – Ibero-America Business Development – Genesus Email fortiz@genesus.com This year will continue the pressure on the prices of commodities such as grains, especially... (Continue reading)
Lean hog futures gained some ground on Tuesday and yet the market remains concerned about the ability of packers to push prices higher in the coming months, writes Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. Somewhat worrying has been the sharp decline... (Continue reading)
–Hog futures fall near one-year low –Cattle futures finish mixed ahead of week’s cash trade –Cash hog markets somewhat weaker, cash cattle markets still mostly idle By Marshall Eckblad and Curt Thacker Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–U.S. lean... (Continue reading)
1-800-280-4566 rshort@PFGBEST.com January 11, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. Central: Hog Market Comments: We lost a surprise $1.36 on pork product last night and are now down a small 48 cents for the week! We came into January looking for retailer... (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 January 9, 2012 FOCUS ON SOUTH AMERICAN WEATHER, USDA REPORTS Corn and soybean prices declined sharply in mid-November and remained at... (Continue reading)