December 30, 2004 pdf
Grain: WILL THE ASIAN RUST THREAT BRING MORE CORN ACRES IN 2005?
Livestock: DECEMBER HOG AND PIG REPORT
December 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: EXPORT SALES LAG, LARGE OUTSIDE SUPPLIES TEMPER CORN PRICES| Soybean Price Update| USDA December 10 U.S. and World Supply Demand Report | World Production and Stock Changes
Livestock: BEEF AND PORK RELATIONSHIP | Canadian Cattle and Beef
December 1, 2004 pdf
Grain: ASIAN RUST BOOSTS SOYBEAN MARKET UNCERTAINTY | Will Bean Acres Shift to Corn? | Balance Sheets With 2005-2006 Projections | Export Sales Update
Livestock: BSE TESTING | Market Update
November 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: USDA NOVEMBER REPORT: LARGER U.S. AND WORLD GRAIN CROPS | Updated Balance Sheets | World Crop Estimates Up Moderately | Will U.S. Crop Estimates Increase Again in January? | Soybean Rust Discovered in Louisiana
Livestock: FALL CALF MARKETING DECISIONS | Using Historical Data to Predict Future Values | A Typical Scenario | Heifers vs. Steers | Conclusions | A Typical Scenario for Heifers
November 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: JOINT US AND CANADIAN HOGS AND PIGS REPORT | Japan and US Agree to Re-establish Beef Trade | Implications for producers | Conclusion | A Typical Scenario for Heifers
Grain: GRAIN EXPORT SALES: SERIOUS CAUTIONS SO FAR FOR BOTH CORN AND SOYBEANS | Corn Exports Why the Lag in Export Sales? | USDA’s Next Crop Report
October 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: USDA SHOWS RECORD-LARGE MONTH-TO-MONTH INCREASES IN CROP ESTIMATES | Price and LDP Impacts | Will Crop Estimates Get Larger? | Potential for Serious Shortage of Storage Space | Soybean Yield Changes | Carryover and Price Implications
Livestock: CANADIAN ANTI-DUMPING RULING | Livestock Feeding Opportunities | Feeder Pig Break Even Purchase Price $/head | Feeder Cattle Break Even Purchase Price
October 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: HOG INVENTORIES TURNING THE CORNER | Production and Price. | Other factors. | Looking ahead.
Grain: SEPTEMBER 30 GRAIN STOCKS ABOUT AS ANTICIPATED | Potential Frost Damage | Silage & Soybeans | Export Sales-A Key Demand Indicator | China & U.S. Corn Exports
September 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: CORN CROP FORECAST TO EXCEED 2003 RECORD BY EIGHT PERCENT, SOYBEANS DOWN SLIGHTLY: PRICE IMPACTS? | Will Corn Crop Estimates Change? | Corn Crop Maturity | Changes Ahead for Soybean Yield Estimates? | Potential Hurricane Damage? | Corn Export Sales Continue to Lag | Price Prospects
Livestock: CATTLE AND HOG MARKET UPDATE | Cattle Market | Hog Market
September 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock - PORK INDUSTRY STRUCTURE STUDY, 2004
Grain - GRAIN MARKET VOLATILITY KEYED TO FROST & FROST DAMAGE FEARS
August 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: CROP FORECASTS & WORLD SUPPLY-DEMAND REPORT SHOW RISING U.S. CARRYOVER STOCKS | Summary | World Production | Implications for Grain Producers | Late Winter and Spring Prospects | State Yields
Livestock: CONSENSUS LIVESTOCK FORECAST | Commodity Outlook: Livestock, Poultry, and Milk
August 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: BEEF HERD INVENTORY STABILIZES | Report Summary | Structural and Regional shifts
Grain: WILL U.S. CORN & SOYBEAN YIELDS SET NEW RECORDS THIS YEAR? | Corn Yield Expectations and Prices | Soybean Yield Expectations and Prices | Weather Prospects | Corn Crop Conditions | Marketing Considerations
July 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: WORLD GRAIN SUPPLY-DEMAND REPORT: GLOBAL PRODUCTION UP 4 BILLION BUSHELS FROM YEAR AGO | Sharply higher world production indicated-except for China | World Soybean Crop | Balance Sheet Projections | Crop Conditions Update
Livestock: MID-YEAR CATTLE AND HOG MARKET UPDATE | Cattle Market. | Hog Market.
July 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE JUNE HOGS AND PIGS REPORT | Inventory Estimates | Hog Production Estimates | Price Forecasts
Grain: June 30 Acreage and Stocks Reports: Corn Supplies Less Tight, Down-side Risk in New-Crop Beans
June 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: GRAIN MARKETS RESPOND TO RAPID CROP DEVELOPMENT, SLOW CORN EXPORTS | USDA June 10 World Supply-Demand Updates | U.S. Crop Conditions | Soybean Crush Prospects
Livestock: STRONG SUMMER PRICES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE | Hogs | Cattle | County Census of Ag Data
June 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: CATTLE MARKET FUNDAMENTALS AND TRADE STATUS | Current Cattle Market Fundamentals | Import/Export Status | Australian Free Trade Agreement
Grain: HEAVY RAINS, MAY 21-26 CLOUD GRAIN OUTLOOK | Possible National Corn Impacts: Alternative Scenarios | Soybean Impacts | Chinese Soybean Demand Slowing | Domestic Soybean Crush to Remain Low Through August | Foreign Crops & Weather
May 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: USDA WORLD REPORT: TIGHTENING U.S. CORN SUPPLIES DESPITE POTENTIAL RECORD CROP & UPWARD-REVISED CHINESE STOCKS | Balance Sheets | Planting Progress | China Revisions | Chinese corn production | Where is the U.S. corn supply-demand balance headed for the longer term?
Livestock: January 2004 HOG MARKET OUTLOOK VS. THE CURRENT SITUATION, WHERE DID WE GO WRONG? | The Hog Market Breaks $80 | What can we learn by reflecting on our forecast errors?
May 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: LRP FOR CATTLE TO RESUME NEXT FALL | Industry Structure
Grain: IS THE BULL MARKET ENDED FOR GRAINS AND SOYBEANS? | Old-crop Soybean Supply-Demand | South American Update | Market Impact | Planting Progress | Export Sales Update
April 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: GRAIN MARKETS WEAKEN BECOME INCREASINGLY VOLATILE | What's behind the recent decline in soybean, cotton, wheat, corn, gold, silver, and certain other industrial commodity prices? | Field work, weather, and planting progress | Will corn prices move higher? | China and U.S. corn exports
Livestock: CATTLE MARKET UPDATE | Hog Market
April 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: MARCH 2004 HOGS AND PIGS REPORT SUMMARY | Trade | Cold Storage Stocks
Grain: PLANTING INTENTIONS & STOCKS: POSITIVE FOR CORN PRICES | Implications of Corn Planting Intentions | Implications of Planting Intentions for soybeans | Negative for Soybeans
March 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: SUPPLY-DEMAND PROJECTIONS SHOW TIGHTER WORLD SOYBEANS GRAIN STOCKS | Brazilian Soy Crop and U.S. Supply-Demand Balance | Key Soybean Price Indicators | Strong Basis to Reduce Crushing Margins | Soybean Export Sales | Corn Export Sales
Livestock: IMPACT OF RISING FEED GRAIN PRICES ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION COSTS | Market Hogs | Fed Cattle
March 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: COF INVENTORY BUILDUP--CONFLICTING EVIDENCE | Industry Structure
Grain: SOUTH AMERICAN CROP CONCERNS, STRONG DOMESTIC CRUSH BOOST SOYBEAN PRICES | Domestic Crushings: 18% Cut Needed | Corn Market Prospects | Export Sales
February 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: USDA REPORT: TIGHTER U.S. CORN, MARGINALLY MORE ADEQUATE WORLD FEED GRAIN STOCKS, NO CHANGE FOR U.S. SOYBEANS | World Crop Changes | Market Developments to Watch | New-crop Corn & Beans Battle for Acreage
Livestock: SURGING PORK DEMAND | Where Do Prices Go From Here?
February 2, 2004 pdf
Livestock: January 1 Cattle Inventory Report
Grain: Slow Soybean Export Sales, China Switches Beans to New Crop, Bird Flu Affect Grain Markets | Fund Traders | Fundamental Picture | Soybean Export Sales | Bean Product Export Sales | Corn Export Sales
January 15, 2004 pdf
Grain: USDA SEMI-FINAL CROP ESTIMATES SHOW SUBSTANTIALLY FURTHER TIGHTENING OF CORN AND SOYBEAN SUPPLIES | Key Changes | Implications for soybean use | Smaller winter wheat plantings leave room for more soybeans | World feed grain stocks nearly as tight as expected in spring 1996 | Balance Sheets | China and the grain markets | U.S. Share of World feed grain markets
Livestock: Beef Price and Production Response to the BSE Announcement | Cattle on Feed Report | By-Product Values
January 1, 2004 pdf
Livestock: DECEMBER 30, 2003 HOGS AND PIGS REPORT | Price Forecasts | Implications of the BSE Discovery to the pork industry
Grain: GRAIN MARKET UPDATE: MAD COW DISEASE IMPACT ON GRAIN, SOUTH AMERICAN CROP CONDITIONS, EXPORT SALES | Price Implications | Export Sales