May
Spring Prices Trend Higher: Hogs Start strong, Cattle Start Late

Corn: Fundamentals Still Look Strong

March Milk Up, Feb. Revised Up Also

April 
March 
February 
January

Changing Hog Production Profitability (4/22/08)
In the past six months hog producers have faced a combination of another increasing feed costs and lower market hog prices. The resulting losses have been substantial. March losses to farrow-to-finish producers were the largest since 1998. Cummulative losses per head in the past six months have nearly offset the cummulative profits of the twelve months Sept '06- Sept '07.

April Cattle on Feed Summary (4/25/08)   
The April 1 Cattle on Feed report was released on April 18. Cattle of feed inventories slightly lower than a year ago. April cattle slaughter increases while carcess weights decline. Link

Demand for distiller co-products by the beef industry (4/10/08)
CARD publication examining the supply of and demand for corn distiller coproducts, particularly in relation to the beef industry. An estimated 40-88 million meteric tons of dry distiller grains will be produced in 2011. Will there be enough demand to prevent surpluses?

March Hog and Pig Report(3/28/08)
Preliminary analysis with production and price forecasts. Hog producers may experience losses for the next year.

April WASDE Report (4/16/08)
The USDA released the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates on April 9. US corn '07/'08 acreage and supply estimates remain unchanged from last month's projections at 93.6 acres and 14.4 million bushels. Domestic corn use and export projections increased slightly to 10.6 and 2.5 million bushel respectively. Corn prices projections are now $4.10-4.50/ bu.

Bob Wisner’s Crop Balance Sheet(4/10/08)
Retired ISU professor Bob Wisner provides grain marketers with an outlook on corn and soybean supplies, demand and price forecasts. He forecasts prices to above those of a year ago, but there is a conderable spread in the range of possible prices as condierable volitility remains in the market. Midpoint '08 harvest prices: corn $5.50, soybeans $10.10

April Crop Production Report (4/10/08)
USDA report of the coming year's crop prodcution, acreage, and yeild.