Today’s WASDE shows total red meat and poultry production finishing the year slightly below last month’s forecasts, though up 0.3 percent from 2020. This month’s forecast increased beef production on increased slaughter and heavier slaughter weights, increased pork based on slaughter, and decreased broiler production on hatchery and slaughter rates.
But as we covered last week, broiler production is expected to rebound next year based on broiler chick hatching intended for placement. For year-over-year production, the WASDE forecast for broilers is an increase of 1.7 percent, though WPI believes it could be higher, at least for the first half of the year. Beef production in 2022 is forecast to come in about 3 percent be...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
