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Reshaping Seasonality
Retailers Are Rewriting the Summer Beef Playbook Key Insights For the week ending May 3, 2026, chuck rolls were priced at $483.70/cwt, up 27.7% from the comparable …
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Make Better Beef Decisions
Markets are too volatile for procurement and sales decisions to be made without a consistent, data-driven process. Emotional reactions can be our greatest enemy, often …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | December 2025
Key Insights Breaded Chicken Sandwich Index: 77 | Price: $0.56 Cheeseburger Index: 115 | Price: $1.03 Hot Dog Index: 111 | Price: $0.33 Poultry: Chicken breast fell from …
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Meat & Livestock Australia Partners with DecisionNext to Deliver AI-Powered Beef Cut Forecasting to the Industry
SAN FRANCISCO, California - November 19, 2025 DecisionNext, the leading AI platform that enables commodity buyers and sellers to optimize timing and pricing decisions, …
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Hog Prices No Longer Tell the Whole Story
If you’re buying pork for a processing plant, distribution center, or foodservice operation, you’ve probably noticed something: the relationship between live …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | November 2025
Key Insights Cheeseburger Index: 115 | Price: $1.05 Hot Dog Index: 107 | Price: $0.32 50% Lean Beef Trimmings: Still nearly double year-ago levels ($1.41/lb vs. $0.67 in …
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Greenham USA Partners with DecisionNext to Unlock Predictive Insights in Beef Procurement
SAN FRANCISCO, California – October 22, 2025 – DecisionNext, the leading AI platform for commodity market forecasting and decision support, today announced a new …
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USDA Shutdown Leaves Critical Data Gaps in Some Markets but Not All
Key Insights: USDA data flow has abruptly halted due to the federal government shutdown. Core market reports across beef, pork, grains, and oilseeds are paused or …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | October 2025
Figure 1 – Both the Cheeseburger and the Hot Dog Index continue falling from their July highs, expected to level out going into the new year. Key Insights: Hot Dog Index …
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Seeing Around Corners
Preparing for the Known Unknowns As the release of the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report approaches, people in the soy market are …
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