Grass, freight rates and Australia’s lamb market
Real Agriculture
MARCH 11, 2025
The cattle market is well known for its ebbs and flows with the availability of grass, and the lamb market follows a similar pattern, though to a lesser extent.
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Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 20, 2024
2024 will go down as a year of market demand that was stronger than could have ever been anticipated. In this last episode of the Beef Market Update for 2024, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange reflects on the past Read More 2024 will go down as a year of market demand that was stronger than could have ever been anticipated.
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Real Agriculture
MARCH 14, 2025
Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. In the southern U.S., In the southern U.S.,
Real Agriculture
JANUARY 17, 2025
Strong and high prices across the board was the story in the cattle markets this week. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange highlights that this is the first time she has reported prices at this level on the Beef Market Update. Nebraska markets are steady to Read More In the southern U.S., trade remains steady at $2.01.
Real Agriculture
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The Christmas holidays are almost upon us and while Christmas markets may be busy with shoppers looking for the perfect gift in the coming weeks, the cattle markets have started to slow down in the U.S., as a lot of the buying has been done for the season. as a lot of the buying has been done for the season.
Real Agriculture
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Markets in the U.S. That support under the cutout has been supporting the cash markets. The select spread has widened again which continues to confirm that demand for those high… Read More Markets in the U.S. The select spread has widened again which continues to confirm that demand for those high… Read More Markets in the U.S.
Real Agriculture
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
This week held no big surprises in the beef markets. While markets were lower last week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange surmised that would continue into this week and says that it has. The dressed market in the U.S. The dressed market in the U.S.
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Without new demand for corn and soybeans, producers are facing a sideways market plateau that could last 10 years. to $10.40, says University of Illinois farm management professor Gary Read More Without new demand for corn and soybeans, producers are facing a sideways market plateau that could last 10 years.
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Grain markets, with the possible exception of soybeans, appear to have bottomed out, and are showing signs they’re entering a period of sideways trade, says the president of grain market consulting firm Intellifarm.
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There isnt an abundance of good news in grain markets right now, but theres no shortage of things to talk about. For this RealAg Markets update, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyler Schau, with AgMarket.Net, to get a bead on how farmers are feeling about the general ag economy and to check Read More
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SeedMasters new CEO says the company is focusing on providing solutions for farmers as it pushes forward with a major expansion in a tough market, with looming trade and exchange rate uncertainty. this Read More
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DECEMBER 6, 2024
The grain market doldrums arent a demand problem, but a production problem but that production success is cold comfort for farmers looking for a bump in crop prices to reward those extra bushels, says Jody Lawrence, founder of Strategic Trading Advisors.
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Real Agriculture
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Host Shaun Haney is joined by: David Postill, senior vice-president of AGI Digital on marketing; Jeff Cruzen, dryer business development rep on the drying economics; Scott Cerveny, product specialist and Ryan Thompson, strategic account manager on managing whats in Read More
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FEBRUARY 20, 2025
If theres one thing thats predictable in the current grain markets, its unpredictability. While farmers are not complaining about a trend reversal in the corn market to the upside, the uncertainty of whats at play in the market does create some stress.
Real Agriculture
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Also hear from Steven Nicholson with Rabobank to discuss geopolitics and the markets. Also hear from Steven Nicholson with Rabobank to discuss geopolitics and the markets. Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgricultures in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss sulphur on wheat, the safety of glyphosate, cover crops, and more!
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JANUARY 31, 2025
Coming off some near-month contract highs of $200-+ its no surprise to see futures falling as the week closes out, but cash cattle in the south ticked higher as they caught up to northern prices this past week. Check out the related story in cattle futures here).
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MAY 30, 2024
Wheat markets have rallied this spring, creating some selling opportunities for both old and new crop amidst the busyness of seeding and planting. Read More Wheat markets have rallied this spring, creating some selling opportunities for both old and new crop amidst the busyness of seeding and planting.
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After a decent start of better markets in terms of cash cattle, the futures market ended the week to the down side. Read More After a decent start of better markets in terms of cash cattle, the futures market ended the week to the down side. states and in 33 herds of U.S. dairy cattle. Earlier in the. dairy cattle.
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Also on the list, saysAaron Goertzen, senior economist with BMO, are increased input costs, high crop carryover, lower interest rates, and a more loose labour market. Also on the list, saysAaron Goertzen, senior economist with BMO, are increased input costs, high crop carryover, lower interest rates, and a more loose labour market.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Markets in the United States faltered this week. experienced reduced prices, Read More Markets in the United States faltered this week. While prices hit a high two weeks ago, this week they settled $7$8 lower than last week. While the U.S.
Real Agriculture
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Seasonality is a big part of the conversation in this week’s Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange. In the last few years, the markets have been trending towards higher prices, however as we start to steady out we are likely to start seeing a little more seasonality return to the cattle. Read More
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and in the north the live market, appears to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2024
For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Ranulf Glanville, market analyst with Grainfox, says that market behaviour right now offers farmers some reasons to be. Read More
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The USDA will roll out its latest production report this coming Monday, and farmers and analysts alike are hoping it provokes some market action to the upside. Scott Shelladay, host of The Cow Guy on RFD-TV, says that next week’s report will be crucial to grain market moves, markets that have been weathering news of.
Real Agriculture
JANUARY 25, 2025
Cash cattle markets traded above $200 average last week for the first time ever, Read More It was a very lofty week for live cattle futures, as February and April contracts crossed $200 per contract for the first time. Cash cattle markets traded above $200 average last week for the first time ever, Read More
Real Agriculture
JUNE 5, 2024
Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says that this early good. Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says that this early good. is looking mighty fine.
Real Agriculture
JULY 18, 2024
Now that we’ve got the two positives out of the way, it’s time to talk tough realities for the hog market. has meant heavier hogs coming to market. Now that we’ve got the two positives out of the way, it’s time to talk tough realities for the hog market. has meant heavier hogs coming to market.
Real Agriculture
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The wheat market isn’t usually the exciting one to watch, but as Ranulf Granville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says over the last six to eight weeks there’s a lot of company that’s started to gather on the bullish side making for some excitement. But is wheat really in that much better a fundamental position.
Real Agriculture
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and dandy looking crops in the west have created a bit of a supply issue for markets, one that could be helped by some serious export demand. For this early July grain market update, we. and dandy looking crops in the west have created a bit of a supply issue for markets, one that could be helped by some serious export demand.
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Thanksgiving and Christmas time of year — is around the corner, and that’s showing in the beef market. The upcoming holidays are impacting the choice cutout and while the chuck primal is starting to come off, the strength of the market is in the loin and rib cutouts, says Anne. Read More Holiday season — the U.S. Read More
Real Agriculture
AUGUST 2, 2024
cattle markets this week, with trades coming in at around $2 less than last week, whereas the choice cutout held steady. While it may feel as though cutout is struggling a bit, Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock Exchange, reminds us in this week’s Beef Market Update. The summer doldrums seem to be hitting the U.S. Read More
Real Agriculture
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Steady to higher seems to be the common theme in the majority of cattle markets throughout North America. Read More Steady to higher seems to be the common theme in the majority of cattle markets throughout North America. In the southern U.S.,
Real Agriculture
JUNE 21, 2024
holiday this week didn’t affect beef kill but closed futures and packers wanting to dial markets back from last week’s new cash high combined for slower trade for beef markets. In this week’s Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, says cattle feeders want to keep the momentum rolling.
Real Agriculture
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Farmers have been slow to price crop and while that won’t drive prices higher, it could be playing a factor in providing a bit of a floor for crop prices, says Jon Driedger, market analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. Markets are definitely a little ho-hum these days, he says, with most crops being range-bound. Read More
Real Agriculture
MAY 16, 2024
Farmers waiting for a market rally and continued uptick in crop prices could be waiting a very long time. Instead, Brian Voth, founder of IntelliFarm, draws parallels between the current NBA playoffs and grain markets: grab the bounce and don’t miss the free throw, because that’s about as good as it’s going to get.
Real Agriculture
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The market signal to build the herd is there, however, the reality of realizing strong income selling at these prices and several years of drought means ranchers have been in sell mode, not build. and Canadian cow-herds are both at record lows, at a time when cattle prices are reaching record highs. That Read More The U.S.
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