Livestock Markets

This analyst and firm believes wholeheartedly that futures prices made for the projections are artificially inflated.

This is the third consecutive year that the calf crop size has increased after bottoming out at 33.5 million head in 2014.

USDA's monthly survey of feedlots found that they placed 16.1% more cattle in the nation's feedlots in June.

Pork producers are watching the weather forecast almost as intently as crop producers. Current feed prices are already high enough to turn the 2018 outlook into expectations for losses.

This firm says hang on to hedges . . . but until when?

For agricultural commodities, larger supplies generally result in lower prices. This year's hog market is going against that adage with both larger supplies and higher prices.