Collected Publications for Livestock Outlook

Record Pig Crop driven by Record Pigs per Litter

Record Pigs per Litter Starting to Sound Like a Broken Record?

How Big is the U.S. Cattle Herd?

More of the Same: Productivity Gains again Offset Cuts to Farrowings

Urgency for Enhanced Policy Intervention to Combat Avian Influenza in Dairy Cows

More Bearish News for Hog Producers

US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

Records are Made to be Broken!

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2022 and Projections for 2023 and 2024

Record Pigs per Litter again Offsets Cuts to Farrowings

World and Regional Trend Crop Yields in an Era of Climate Change

Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in 2024

The Rise of South American Grain and Oilseed Use and Production since 1980

Production Trends in the US Dairy Sector

Record Pigs per Litter Offsets Cuts to Farrowings

Still Cutting the Cowherd

Factors Associated with Meat Processing Plant Survival Vary by Plant Size

Slightly Bearish Report; Still A Contractionary Outlook

Slightly More Hogs but Fewer Farrowings?

Smallest Cattle Herd in Eight Years: Will 2023 Set Record Prices?

Fewer Market Hogs with Glimmers of Expansion

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2021 and Projections for the Rest of 2022 and 2023

Continued Cowherd Contraction Confirmed

Hog Inventory Down but Breeding Herd Up from Last Quarter

U.S. Hog Inventory Down with Little Intention to Expand

Cattle Herd Still Shrinking: Higher Prices to Follow

A Positive Pig Report

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2020 and Projections for the Rest of 2021 and 2022

US Dairy Market and Policy Overview

Unexpectedly Lower Inventories and Steady to Lower Demand

US Animal and Product Production, 2018-2021

A Somewhat Smaller than Expected Cattle Herd

Lower Pig Crop and Farrowing Intentions Support Higher Prices

A Bullish Supply Shock

50 Years of Little Change: The Distribution of US Farming by State

Significant Revisions, Bullish Inventories, and Bearish Farrowing Estimates

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2019 and Projections for the Rest of 2020 and 2021

China’s Imports of Meat and Dairy during the 21st Century

Many Market Ready Hogs with Industry Contraction to Follow

Few Surprises in USDA Cattle Reports

A Bearish Hogs & Pigs Report with Few Bright Spots on the Horizon

2020 Cattle Inventory—Herd Expansion Comes to an End

IFES 2019: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2020

2020 Hogs: More Supply, Profitable Prices?

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2018 and Projections for the Rest of 2019 and 2020

Grain Price Outlook: farmdoc Twentieth Anniversary

Beef Herd Expansion Near End?

Will Pork Producers Have a Profitable Year?

Comparing Livestock Productivity Since 1993

Low Hog Prices to Start the Year

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