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Pork Price Jump Threatens Christmas Joy

Dec 3, 2015

Pork prices have jumped around Australia, but a question mark surrounds the course of the latest pork price rise. There is speculation as to whether rise is an opportunistic flow-on by butchers and processors in response to previously ...

Tags: Pork, Beef, Lamb

Australian Domestic Meat Prices Continue to Soar

Nov 18, 2015

Beef might be off the Christmas menu for many Australians this year with prices continuing to rise dramatically. Over the past year, Australian domestic beef prices have more than doubled with drought hitting Australian farms hard. Yet, ...

Tags: Beef, Meat Prices, Lamb, Bacon

Exhibitors Beware: New Trade Show Budget Buster

Oct 30, 2015

Beware exhibitors: After 12 years in the trade show industry, I’ve finally been introduced to the consequences of a mixed shipment. We were hit with “special handling” (aka drayage) charges because of this mixed shipment. ...

Tags: exhibitors, trade show, Budget

The Australian Red Meat Industry Has Seen Cattle and Sheep Prices Soar

Jan 15, 2015

Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...

Tags: Red meat prices, Agriculture

Higher U.S. Milk Production and Foreign Competition Will Temper Price Increases

Feb 26, 2014

U.S. Milk Production Up Slightly for February on Small Herd Expansion; Higher U.S. Milk Production and Foreign Competition Will Temper Price Increases The most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report raised the ...

Tags: Milk Production, dairy cow

They Are Predicting 2023 Beef Exports Will Be up 38.8%

Feb 14, 2014

USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

U.S. Ended 2013 with PED on 2,000 Farms and Has Added Another 600 This Month

Feb 10, 2014

Canada has announced its second case of the PED virus, also in Ontario. The U.S. ended 2013 with PED on 2,000 farms and has added another 600 this month. The impact of the virus is pushing summer hog futures contracts close to record highs. ...

Tags: PED Virus

National Beef Packing Will Be Closing Beef Processing Facility in Brawley, California

Feb 10, 2014

National Beef Packing Company announced today that they will be closing their beef processing facility in Brawley, California in early April. The closure is the result of tight margins due to declining cattle numbers. The plant employs ...

Tags: Packing plant, beef

Record-High Cattle and Beef Prices Through 2014 -- USDA

Jan 20, 2014

A combination of long-term feed price movement and recent stormy winter weather have combined to ignite record-high cattle and beef prices, and between those factors, a lag in cow slaughter and a strong export market have the market on ...

Tags: Beef Prices, long-term feed price

Cattle and Beef Prices Continue to Set New Records, and Not by Small Margins

Jan 20, 2014

Cattle and beef prices continue to set new records, and not by small margins. This week both slaughter steer prices and beef carcass cutout values blew away last week's record highs. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food, Cattle, beef

Pork Exports During November Were Down 2.9% Compared to a Year Earlier

Jan 19, 2014

Pork exports during November were down 2.9% compared to a year earlier due to almost no pork going to Russia. Pork imports were up 14.3% in November due to more pork from Canada. In November, 22.2% of U.S. pork production was exported. ...

Tags: Pork, Agriculture, Food

USDA Decreased Their Forecast of 2014 Pork Production by 1.4%

Jan 13, 2014

Although the trade was expecting a slight increase, USDA's January supply and demand report (WASDE) trimmed the size of the 2013 corn crop by 64 million bushels to 13.925 billion. They increased the number of acres harvested by 0.5 million, ...

Tags: Hog, Hog Outlook, Hog Prices

Both Slaughter Steer Prices and Beef Carcass Cutout Values Set New Record Highs This Week

Jan 13, 2014

Both slaughter steer prices and beef carcass cutout values set new record highs this week. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $139.54/cwt, up $2.08 from a week ago and up $13.18 ...

Tags: Ron Plain, Cattle

Corn for Grain Production Is Estimated at a Record 13.9 Billion Bushels

Jan 13, 2014

Corn for grain production is estimated at a record 13.9 billion bushels, down slightly from the November 1 forecast but 29 percent above 2012. The average yield in the United States is estimated at 158.8 bushels per acre. This is down 1.6 ...

Tags: USDA Crop Production, Crop Production Annual Summary

Total Red Meat and Poultry Production for Both 2013 and 2014 Are Lowered

Jan 13, 2014

The forecasts for total red meat and poultry production for both 2013 and 2014 are lowered from December. For 2013, beef production is raised, but pork, broiler, and turkey production are reduced. The forecast for 2014 is reduced as lower ...

Tags: Hog, USDA Wasde, US Hog Prices

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