December 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: WORLD REPORT SHOWS SLIGHT FURTHER TIGHTENING OF FEED GRAIN STOCKS Chinese Buying Team
Livestock: Updated Lean Hog Seasonal Basis Tables| Impact of Changes to the Lean Hog Cash Settlement Index
December 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: LIVESTOCK FEEDING OPPORTUNITIES | Feeder Cattle and Pig Budget Worksheet (Central Iowa)
Grain: Grain Markets Focus on China, South America, Export Sales| Export sales to date | South American crop conditions | Key market indicators to watch|
November 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: USDA REPORTS: LARGER U.S. CORN CROP BUT TIGHTER WORLD SUPPLIES Price Prospects History of Chinese Corn Export Projections
Livestock: Cattle AND HOG MARKET UPDATE Hogs… Canadian Hog and Pig Imports and COOL… Hogs...
COOL Comments…
November 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: MARKETING CORN THROUGH CATTLE STILL WORKS
Grain: GRAIN MARKETS SENSITIVE TO CHINA, BRAZIL LOGISTICS, U.S. YIELDS Export Sales: A Key Market Indicator Brazil problems support U.S. soy export demand Watch Thursday Export Sales Reports Will U.S. Bean Crop Estimate Drop? Why The Higher Corn Prices? Marketing Strategies For Volatile Markets
October 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: U.S. CROP REPORT SHOWS MORE CORN, DRAMATICALLY TIGHTER U.S. SOYBEAN SUPPLIES | World Soybean and Oilseed Supplies | How Much Decrease in U.S. Soybean Product Use? | Key Soybean Price Indicators | Corn Outlook | Hedging Opportunities for Corn |
Livestock: EXCITING TIMES IN CATTLE MARKET | Supplies of market ready cattle are extremely tight | Demand for beef has been remarkable | Two other factors have contributed to the current market | How long will it last? | Chicago Mercantile Exchange Raises Daily Price Limits for Live Cattle Futures Contract
October 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: HOG LIQUIDATION SLOWED | Other Factors... | Looking ahead…
Grain: SOYBEAN MARKET CONTINUES UPWARD WHILE CORN DRIFTS LOWER | August 31 Corn & Bean Stocks Above Expectations | How tight are world soybean supplies? | 2004 South American Soybean Production | No Counter Cyclical Payments for 2002
September 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: SEPTEMBER CROP FORECAST: LESS DAMAGE TO CORN CROP AND MORE TO SOYBEANS THAN ANTICIPATED Soybean Supply-Demand Prospects Counter-Cyclical Payments Australian Crop Forecast Yield Variations by State Will Crop Forecasts Change More on October 10 and November 9? Geographic Changes in Crop Production
Livestock: RISK MANAGEMENT AT RECORD PRICES Locking in Prices or Managing Risk...
September 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: OPTIMISM IN THE CATTLE MARKETS … | … Is not spilling over into the hog complex
Grain: STRESSED CROPS TIGHTEN SUPPLY-DEMAND PROSPECTS | Crops elsewhere in the world |
Soybean markets | Are yield changes correlated with late-summer changes in crop condition reports?
August 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: USDA SHOWS TIGHTENING WORLD CARRYOVER STOCKS | USDA Report Highlights | Balance Sheet Projections | Highlight by State | Impact of Foreign Crop Problems
Livestock: MID-YEAR CATTLE SITUATION AND OUTLOOK | July Cattle Report... | Cattle Price Outlook…
August 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: ECONOMISTS CONSENSUS FORECAST
Grain: CORN OUTLOOK 2003-04 U.S. corn production prospects Balance Sheet & Supply-Demand Prospects
July 15, 2003 pdf
Grain: COMBINED WORLD WHEAT & FEED GRAIN CARRYOVER STOCKS INCREASE 195 MILLION BUSHELS FROM LAST MONTH Corn Supply-Demand Prospects Soybean Supply-Demand Outlook International Crop Developments Other Influences on New-crop Soybean Prices Crop Conditions
Livestock: LIVESTOCK MARKET UPDATE Cattle Market... Hog Market... Country of Origin Labeling Marketing Considerations
July 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: June 2003 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report | Inventory Estimates | Price Forecasts | Other Factors |
Grains: June 30 Stocks Hint that Last Year’s Soybean Crop Was Under-estimated
| No Corn to Soybean Shift from Intentions |Implications| Prospective Supply-Demand Balance | Regional Acreage Changes | Crop Condition: Approaching 1994 |
Grain: WORLD GRAIN SUPPLY TIGHTNESS PROJECTED TO CONTINUE | Crop Problems in Former Soviet Republics | Low Rainfall in China | U.S. Balance Sheet Changes | Crop Progress and Condition
Livestock: CANADIAN BSE INVESTIGATION AND IMPACT | US Market Implications…
June 1, 2003 pdf
Livestock: BSE IN CANADA | What do we know??? | Canadian Beef Industry… | Imports from Canada to the US |
Market reaction… | Longer-term implications…
Grains: CROP PROGRESS, GRAIN PRICES, AND MARKETING CONSIDERATIONS | Corn Planting Progress |
Soybean Planting Process | April Soybean Crush Down 8.7% From a Year Earlier | History of US Yields
May 15, 2003 (pdf)
Livestock: PROFITABLE HOG SALES | Current Situation | Looking Ahead
Grain: USDA’S FIRST CROP PROJECTIONS FOR 2003-04: WORLD GRAIN SUPPLIES TO TIGHTEN FURTHER | Summary | Market indicators to watch | Marketing considerations | What’s behind tightening world wheat and feed grain supplies? | American South Soybeans | U.S. supply-demand projections and Stocks/Use ratio | Planting progress
May 1, 2003 (pdf)
Grain: OLD-CROP SOYBEAN FUTURES REACH NEW LIFE-OF-CONTRACT HIGH | Overview | Planting Progress: good but not record early | Soybean Planting Progress | Soybean Export Sales Exceed USDA projections
Livestock: PRICE INSURANCE FOR CATTLE PRODUCERS | What cattle are eligible? | How to apply. | Contract details | Observations
April 15, 2003 (pdf)
Livestock: A TALE OF TWO MARKETS | The Cattle Market | The Hog Market
Grain: SOYBEAN FUTURES REACH NEW LIFE OF CONTACT HIGHS | Key soybean Indicators | Short-term Export Demand Supported by Brazil Harvest Delays | South American Bean Imports into U.S.? | Will soybean plantings increase from the intentions?
April 1, 2003 (pdf)
Grain: PLANTING INTENTIONS & GRAIN STOCKS SHOW TIGHTER CORN SUPPLY, WEAKER SOYBEAN PRICE PROSPECTS | Summary | Domestic Corn Feeding | Corn Market Implications | Soybean Market Implications
Livestock: CONTINUED BREEDING HERD LIQUIDATION | Production and Price Forecast | Other Factors Impacting the Market
Livestock: NEW CONTRACT MONTHS ADDED TO CME LIVE CATTLE FUTURES | Pork Trade Update | Beef Trade Update
Grain: WORLD SUPPLY-DEMAND ESTIMATES SHOW TIGHTENING U.S. SOYBEAN SUPPLIES, DECLINING U.S. CORN EXPORTS | Soybean Highlights | Corn Developments
March 1, 2003 (pdf)
Grain: GRAIN EXPORTS, WORLD COMPETITION, AND GRAIN BASIS PROSPECTS | Soybean Basis Implications | Corn and the World Market
Livestock: WHERE DID ALL THE HOGS COME FROM? | To Panic or Not to Panic?
February 15, 2003 (pdf)
February 1, 2003 (pdf)
Grain: GRAIN MARKETS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH SLOW EXPORT DEMAND | Corn prices and exports | Possible strength from drought worries? | Soybeans | China: Still a key element in the soybean market
Livestock: JANUARY 1 CATTLE INVENTORY REPORT | Price and Production Implications | Industry Structure | Livestock Risk Insurance Study
January 15, 2003 (pdf)
Livestock: 2002 A ROUGH YEAR FOR CATTLE AND HOG PRODUCERS | Accumulated Returns… | The Year Ahead…
Grain: GRAIN STOCKS AND SUPPLY-DEMAND REPORTS LIMIT UPWARD PRICE POTENTIAL | Highlights | Implications for corn | Soybeans | Soybean Supply-Demand Prospects | Counter-cyclical Payments?
January 1, 2003 (pdf)
Grain: RECENT GRAIN DEVELOPMENTS | Why the disappointingly low corn prices? | Why the failure of the soybean rally? | Counter-Cyclical Payments? | Basis Developments
Livestock: HIGHER HOG PRICES IN 2003 | Production and price forecast… | Other factors…. | Industry Structure…