US cattle prices are expected to continue their strong performance into 2012, whilst hog prices are expected to flatten as supply increases, according to Rabobank's Outlook 2012 – Agri Commodity Markets Research report.Rabobank expects US cattle prices to continue their strong performance in 2012, albeit with a brief plateau in the first quarter (Q1) as record feedlot inventories reach the market. However, tight feeder supply should bias price upwards from spring onward.Lean hog prices are ...

Pork supplies are not expected to change dramatically in the first half of 2012 but market hog numbers in the fourth quarter are expected to incrementally increase again, writes Shane Ellis, Extension Livestock Economics at Iowa State University. Para ler o relatório completo clique aqui  

The British Pig Executive's (BPEX) Export Bulletin for the second week of December 2011 reports pig industry trends from around the world. Among the highlights are that European pork exports broke a new record with 325,000 tonnes in September, according to the European Commission.Exports were up 22 per cent so far this year, with volumes to Russia, Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan and Korea doing exceptionally well. Para ler o relatório completo clique aqui  

WHEAT: U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2011/12 are projected 50 million bushels higher with reduced prospects for exports this month. Exports are lowered 50 million bushels with reductions projected for Hard Red Winter, Soft Red Winter, and White wheat. Larger supplies in several major exporting countries and relatively strong domestic prices, supported by the tight domestic corn supply and use situation, are expected to limit opportunities for U.S. wheat in world trade. Ending stocks for 2011/12, ...

World 2011/12 corn production is forecast up 8.5 million tons this month to a record 868 million tons, mostly due to a large increase in China’s production based on recently published government estimates. Global ending stocks are boosted 6 million tons to 127 million, down just 1 million from the previous year.U.S. feed grain supplies are increased slightly this month due to an increase in forecast oats imports from Canada, where supplies are plentiful. Expected corn use is down 5 million ...

Beef/Cattle: Disproportionally large cow slaughter has kept average dressed weights lower during most of 2011 than if steers had constituted half or more of beef slaughter, as they typically do. Packer margins and high feed and feeder cattle prices are exerting downward pressure on fed cattle prices. Beef/Cattle Trade: U.S. beef exports are expected to increase by 21 percent in 2011.Although U.S. domestic beef supplies will be 5 percent lower in 2012, exports should remain strong and stay ...

WHEAT: U.S. wheat supplies for 2011/12 are lowered 9 million bushels based on updated production estimates for the states resurveyed following the September 30 Small Grains report.Adjustments to production in these states, where significant acreage remained unharvested in early September, lowers production estimates for Hard Red Spring (HRS) wheat and durum. An increase in white wheat production is partly offsetting. Projected use for 2011/12 is unchanged for all wheat; however, domestic food ...

HighlightsCanadian hog producers reported an estimated 12.0 million hogs on Canadian farms as of 1 October 2011, up 0.9 per cent relative to the same date in 2010.The estimated number of sows held for breeding remained virtually unchanged from 1 October 2010.During the third quarter of 2011, total hog exports amounted to 1.4 million head, down 4.3 per cent from the same quarter in 2010.Hogs that were sent to slaughter during the third quarter of 2011 totalled 5.3 million, up 2.0 per cent from ...

MarketOn the European market fresh legs are sold at slightly increasing prices. Shoulders and production meat are sold at slightly increasing prices as well. The price level of other cuts remains unchanged. Loins are sold well, whereas now collars are out of season. Exports of bacon products to the market in the UK follow a fine demand at stable prices. On third-country markets, the situation remains unchanged and stable. (Sources, Danish Crown, Tican, Danish Agriculture and Food Council)Pig ...

India Displaces the United States as Third Largest ExporterBeef exports are forecast to rise 5 percent in 2012 on robust global demand, particularly by Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. India accounts for nearly half of world growth in 2012 on increased supplies and price-competitive shipments to emerging markets.Expansion enables the rising exporter to nudge the United States to become the world’s third largest exporter. The United States maintains gains achieved since in ...