This monthly report, presented in a newsletter format, provides current intelligence and forecasts the effects of changing conditions in the U.S. livestock, dairy, and poultry sectors. Topics include current production, consumption, trade, prices received, and more. Periodically, special reports on specific commodity issues also are released in this series.

Subscribe to e-mail alerts of these reports and see a listing of all outlook reports. Printed copies of the newsletter can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by calling 1-800-999-6779 (specify SUB-LDPM-4042).

outlook newsletters
Newsletter text and forecast tables are released the middle of the month (see 2004 calendar of releases) in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (*.pdf). The forecast tables are also available in Microsoft Excel (*.xls) format. Supporting tables are released approximately 2 weeks later in pdf and xls formats. The pdf files are best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or 6.0.

Only the most recent tables are available in xls format.

2004
     Newsletter

• October, "Hog Prices High, Despite Increased Production", text.pdf
• September, "Beef Production To Decline," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• August, "Cattle Inventories Continue To Decline," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• July, "Despite Favorable Returns, Pork Producers Remain Cautious," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• June, "Dairy Markets Adjust, But Are Expected To Remain Tight," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• May, "Milk Prices To Moderate in 2005," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• April, "Red Meat, Poultry, and Dairy Prices Showing Strength," text.pdf, tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• March, "Avian Influenza Outbreaks Reduce Broiler Export Expectations," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• February, "Meat Markets Roiled by Disease Outbreaks," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• January, "Discovery of BSE Alters Trade Outlook," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf

2003
     Newsletter

• December, "Better Supply-Demand Balance Expected in 2004 Dairy Markets," text.pdf, tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• November, "Turkey Prices to Strengthen," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• October, "Pork Production Record High," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• September, "Cheese Markets Tighten, Other Dairy Markets Remain Soft," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• August, "New Measures Announced for Importing Canadian Ruminant Products," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• July, "Total U.S. Meat Production To Decline Slightly in 2003 and 2004," text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report.pdf
• June, "United States Bans Imports of Canadian Ruminant Animals and Products, " text.pdf , tables.pdf, complete report pdf
• May, "Meat Production in 2004 May Decline Fractionally," text.pdf, tables.pdf, complete report pdf
• April, "Meat Production To Decline in 2003," text pdf , tables.pdf, complete report pdf
• March, "Milk Production To Increase; Prices To Decline," text pdf, tables.pdf, complete report pdf
• February, "Livestock and Poultry Prices Higher in 2003," text pdf, tables.pdf, complete report pdf
• January, "Disease and Trade Issues Cloud Poultry Outlook," text pdf, tables pdf, complete report pdf

    Annual summaries

• Cattle/Beef, 2002 Perspective—Drought Resulted in Record Beef Supplies, Lower Prices
  
• Cattle/Beef trade, Beef and Cattle Trade: Perspective on 2002 and Expectations for 2003
• Dairy, 2002 Milk Prices Collapsed
• Hogs/Pork trade, Pork Exports and Imports Increase in 2002
• Poultry, Production Grows, but Exports Decline in 2002
• Sheep, 2002 in Review and Perspectives on 2003

    Special reports

• Beef and Pork Values and Price Spreads Explained, LDP-M-118-01, May 2004
• Interstate Livestock Movements, LDP-M-108-01, June 2003
• Pork Policies in Japan, LDP-M-105-01, March 2003
• U.S.-Mexico Broiler Trade: A Bird's Eye View, LDP-M-102-01, December 2002
• World Events Frame Outlook for Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, LDP-M-96-01, July 2002
• The New Agricultural Trade Negotiations: Background and Issues for the U.S. Beef Sector, LDP-M-89-01, December 2001
• Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, 2000 in Review and 2001 Outlook, LDP-M-87-01, October 2001

archive
Archived reports of Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook.

• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995

related data
Commodity yearbooks contain annual historical market data for beef, pork, lamb, dairy, and poultry.

Recent trade data are presented for major meats and livestock on a monthly basis, as well as year-to-date and annual, and for year-to-date imports under tariff-rate quotas. Revisions to the 2003 monthly data were released by the Department of Commerce in July 2004 (these updates have been incorporated into the year-to-date and annual tables). As of July 2004, the trade-related tables contain expanded coverage of additional variables and regions, with historical data available for these additions. Export data are for major U.S. markets; import data are for major supplying countries.

Retail scanner prices for meat contains monthly average retail price data for selected cuts of beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and veal, based on electronic supermarket scanner data.

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