Market Analysis
USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report placed the Jan. 1 feedlot inventory at 10.605 million head, 135,000 head more than the average pre-report estimate implied and 30,000 head more than year-ago. The bigger feedlot supplies
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier, who just returned from a two-week visit through central Brazil, says some early maturing soybeans have suffered quality declines due to ongoing wet weather,
South American Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier has raised his Brazilian soybean crop estimate by 1 MMT to 104 MMT and has a neutral to slightly higher bias going forward. He says early yield reports are
Our MarketWatch table features monthly and quarterly price outlooks, along with weekly prices for a wide range of ag markets.
Consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) decreased for all food products, including meat, during February, according to Oklahoma State University’s Food Demand Survey. The WTP for chicken wings, pasta and beans and ri
As China continues to buy U.S. agricultural commodities, the buying pace may be sustainable even if the Phase One agreement is renegotiated. Agricultural leaders and analysts break down why.
USDA revealed this week a crop stocks picture much tighter than expected. There are three major factors that could help or hinder prices in the months ahead, including a possible shutdown.
Traders were expecting bullish numbers from Tuesday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), but the projections were even friendlier than anticipated.
