Category: Agribusiness, Meat, & Other Food
Reduction in Cattle Slaughter Impacting Cut Availability
As a result of greater beef cow slaughter throughout 2020–2022, the number of finished cattle slaughtered in the first 10 months of 2023 decreased by 4.7% compared to the …
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5 Questions with David Haaf, President at IDDBA
Prior to assuming his role at IDDBA back in April, 2023, David spent decades in the Deli Bakery space at K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. (Food City). We caught up with him over …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report – December 2023
Index trends continue, with hamburger prices on the rise and others falling. Finished Goods Forecast Indices – December 2022 – December 2023 (Fig. 1) Figure 1 – …
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5 Questions with Fred Wilkinson
In his three decades of publications experience, Fred has seen many things come and go. This month, we had the pleasure of talking with him about the state of the …
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Chicken Market Pricing
Dr. David Boussios is the economist driving our teams to leverage data to find answers to complex market problems. In the first of this two-part Chicken Pricing series, …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report – November 2023
The input values of a hamburger are expected to climb year over year this November while hot dog, white bread, and rotisserie chicken are forecasted to drop. Finished …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report – October 2023
Bread and rotisserie chicken prices are forecasted to drop year-over-year this October while hamburger and hot dog prices are forecasted to climb. Also, be sure to check …
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Predictive Power that Makes the Cut
Cattle ≠ Beef Starting in 2021, we observed repeated instances of beef price movements diverging sizably from cattle values, suggesting markets were being influenced by …
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Add Value to Formula Program with Smart Spot Buys
Value DecisionNext customers save on average $0.05-0.20/lb when we quantify the impact of spot market decisions compared to formula prices during the same time …
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