Trade was slow to get moving this week in the U.S. In this Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange tells RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney that this could be due to packers possibly dragging their feet on the choice cut out, which has lost some of its momentum. There is still a strong… Read More
Author: RealAgriculture Market Team
As the calendar moves toward 2025, global pork producers, despite improving profitability, continue to face challenges from trade, disease and demand uncertainties. In its recent report on global pork markets, Rabobank says these questions as well as the potential impacts of political instability and La Niña further complicate a market that is currently experiencing a… Read More
Holiday season — the U.S. Thanksgiving and Christmas time of year — is around the corner, and that’s showing in the beef market. The upcoming holidays are impacting the choice cutout and while the chuck primal is starting to come off, the strength of the market is in the loin and rib cutouts, says Anne… Read More
Steady to higher seems to be the common theme in the majority of cattle markets throughout North America. In the southern U.S., it looks like the trades are going to come in steady to one higher and the north is pretty steady with last week, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange in this… Read More
When a market analyst tells you to “reward the market” by selling in to a rally, what does that actually mean? Is 20 cents enough? What about 50 or 60? Does it depend on the crop? The exact number of upward movement is probably different for everyone, says Tyler Schau, market analyst with AgMarket.net, but… Read More
It’s difficult to overstate the impact that Hurricane Helene has had and continues to have on southeastern states such as North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Over 300 people have lost their lives, livestock have been killed or are still missing, and whole towns are without power or even passable road systems. Florida was also… Read More
Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers. For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Ranulf Glanville, market analyst with Grainfox, says that market behaviour right now offers farmers some reasons to be… Read More
Canada’s cattle sector has faced its share of environmental challenges in recent years, as wide-spread and multi-year droughts have put pressure on the overall size of the Canadian cow herd. Several factors, including positive price signals and a return of pasture productivity, will be crucial in stabilizing the cow herd. Brenna Grant, executive director of… Read More
In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and the live market in the north appear to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being… Read More
The USDA will roll out its latest production report this coming Monday, and farmers and analysts alike are hoping it provokes some market action to the upside. Scott Shelladay, host of The Cow Guy on RFD-TV, says that next week’s report will be crucial to grain market moves, markets that have been weathering news of… Read More