Prices are high, and the USDA expects farmers to try to take advantage in 2021.
The latest Cattle on Feed report showed higher placements and feedlot inventory from this time a year ago.
Pork exports shattered records in 2020.
The WASDE report released a week and a half ago sent the grain markets into some fairly wild gyrations, with corn prices nosediving by 50 cent…
Three market experts at virtual pork, beef and land management events in January forecast volatile markets in 2021 but opportunities for profi…
Boxed beef cutout values have leveled off, although they remain strong, University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith says.
The crop may not be in the ground for U.S. farmers, but it’s still a weather market.
The latest Cattle on Feed report, released Jan. Â 22, showed the on-feed picture to begin the new year and also the placements and marketings i…
It’s winter in the Midwest, but the temperatures have been hot in the grain pit as prices for corn and soybeans have shot upward.
Last week’s USDA Cattle on Feed report caught most analysts by surprise, with placements up 0.7% from a year ago at 1.842 million head.
Big price swings have started to become the norm in grain markets.
November beef demand resulted in one of the best months for exports on record, according to an analysis from the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
While the market took a day off this past week for the Martin Luther King holiday, the upward trend has taken few days off in recent weeks.
While much of the trade is focused on the USDA report released Jan. 12, outside factors continue to drive trade in the grain markets.
Cow-calf producers should find plenty of marketing opportunities in 2021.
U.S. hog numbers were down in last week’s USDA Hogs and Pigs report, but it’s probably too early to call this a trend.
The new year started with a hot market and strong grain prices, something that has not generally been the case for a while.
After a tumultuous 2020, grain markets may hit the reset button in 2021.
The rise of commodity prices in the last quarter of 2020 was a nice surprise for farmers who had doubted for months it would be a profitable y…
Boxed beef cutout values saw declines in December, and University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith says 2020 was a year of significan…
As the new year begins, the recent surges in the grain markets may stick around for a little while, according to Jack Scoville.
As 2020 wraps up, demand is the key that will keep the grain markets moving this winter, particularly with international purchases.
Beef and pork processors performed better than expected through the fall.
After more than three months of a strong rally, things seem to be in a holding pattern in the grain markets this Christmas season. That likely…
As the year works through its final month, beef production looks to be about on par with last year, despite all the challenges and disruptions…
A few analysts believed fed cattle prices could reach $115 by the end of the year, but work remains to be done to hit that target.
After a November peak, grain prices have been sliding in early December, and that trend may continue.