Market
Outlook and Trends
Iowa
Farm Outlook Regularly updated market outlook newsletter for
grain and livestock.
Livestock
Marketing Information Center
Industry
Research
Feeder Pig Placement Strategies
Hog Price
Forecast Errors in the Last 10 and 15 Years:
University, Futures, and
Seasonal Index Updated August 2005
Pork
Industry Statistics
Inventory statistics prepared March 2005
The Iowa Pork
Industry 2003: Trends and Economic Importance Daniel Otto and
John Lawrence February 2004
Production and
Marketing Characteristics of U.S. Pork Producers, 2003 August
2004
The U.S. Pork and Beef
Sectors: Divergent Organizational
Patterns, Paradoxes and Conflicts Lawrence and Hayenga, June 2002
Production and Marketing Characteristics of U.S. Pork
Producers, 2000 Staff Paper No. 343, August 2001
Risk Management for Pork Producers:
Life of
Contract Price Pattern Table 1984-2003, Feb. 2004
Life
of Contract Price Pattern Charts 1984-2003, Feb. 2004
Risk
Management for Pork Producers: Futures Buy and Sell Signals
December 2000
Decision
Making Tools
Livestock
Enterprise Budgets for Iowa
Hog
Packing Plants and Buying Stations Map May 2005
Estimated
Livestock Returns Monthly barometer of livestock profitability
Summary
of Estimated Returns, 1994-2007 Analysis of returns and risk to
five livestock enterprises.
Price
Change by Two Week Period1996-2005 Iowa Southern Minnesota
Barrows and Gilts
Price
Change by Two Week Period1973-2005 Iowa Southern Minnesota
Barrows and Gilts
Adjusting Hog Market Weights in a Down
Market June
2002
Finding the optimal market weight for hogs Simple model or Advanced model
Simple Hog Market Planner
and Advanced Hog Market Planner Calculate futures and options
strategies for both beef and pork producers
Weaned Pig
Pricing A spreadsheet to evaluate alternative pig pricing
formulas
Futures Data
Cash and futures prices from 1995-2005
