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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, David dives deep into this booming industry and helps us to better understand how it all works. The Global Chicken Industry Continues...
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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 Goods Forecast Indices – November 2022 – November 2023 (Fig. 1) Figure 1 – DecisionNext finished goods indices for November 2023. To...
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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 out the NEW Supermarket Rotisserie Chicken Index. We added this in-demand finished good offering to the report last month to round out our...
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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 external factors. These divergences present serious problems to standard cattle ratio-based beef cut forecast models. In other words, the relationship between cattle prices and beef...
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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 periodDecisionNext 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 period. Problem Your...
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