There was a notable gain in broiler pullet chick placements for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during July 2015, which indicates an ample supply of hatching eggs will be available for export to Mexico. Broiler Chicks for Mexico Last Friday, USDA reported that leading breeders placed 7.43 million broiler pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during July 2015. That is a 20 percent gain over the same month a year ago, which would project a 7 percent increase in the size of the breeding flock by February 2016 (compared with February 2015). While July 2014 was the lightest month for placements last year, this is still a considerable increase, potentially more than the U.S. broiler sector could handle. That indicates...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
Key Takeaways: With the fall calf run now upon us, producers are finally getting a glimpse of what their realized profits will be for 2026. Some producers may have already obtained a strong estimate of 2026 revenues, especially if calves were forward sold in, for example, the mid-summer...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.