Going into the summer, a big question for meat has been: how will consumer demand hold up? This is especially the case with steadily increasing beef prices. The pork cutout trends show that pork demand has improved, which is a positive sign going into June and July when the cutout is at its normal seasonal high. The cutout is $16.34 or nearly 20 percent higher than it was last year, and at $98/cwt is just below this year’s peak of $100/cwt in mid-May. The five-year average for the first half of May is $92/cwt.
The cutout value is being supported by the loin, butt and picnic which have steadily increased all year. Loin values have exceeded $100/cwt, a benchmark met only two weeks in 2023. The butt value peaked last year...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
