The beef industry has been greatly disappointed by spring 2016 beef demand, particularly during late April and early May. Choice beef values fell from $225.13 on April 15 to $203.74 on May 6. That seems extraordinarily w
I recently wrote about the tendency for cattle weights, as indicated by steer carcass size, to serve as a sign of the market-ready supply situation and possibly the forthcoming price outlook. This clearly begs the questi
For a long time, when I told people that I was a futures market analyst, I was routinely asked, “What’s a pork belly?” Of course, I explained that a pork belly is a side of bacon; it’s been trimme
