Sort & Cull

The headlines and analytical claptrap following the Dec. 1 Hogs and Pigs Report were consistently bearish. So who's giving the early year party?

Since the phone always rings when you're in the shower, John Harrington offers to jump in the shower so perhaps the president-elect will speed up announcing his new Ag secretary.

As the sun sets on the cattle market roller coaster of 2016, DTN Livestock Analyst John Harrington finds himself thinking about the wit and wisdom of Charles Goodnight, the great pioneer rancher of the Texas range.

Thirty days left in the Obama administration and you can rest assured it won't end quietly.

When the spot month broke above the lateral trading range just before Thanksgiving, the stage was set for a significant rally through the last month of the year.

This week's market backdrop of sharply higher cash sales on one hand and crashing cattle futures on the other is leaving John Harrington in a state of not-so-bonnie confusion on market roads to take.

If you're looking for a topographical map to anticipate fed cattle hills and dales from now through the first third of 2017, don't bother checking with the cartographers at the Merc.

With the death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership all but assured, DTN Livestock Analyst John Harrington offers a eulogy for the ambitious trading agreement.

Before you head to your local ballot box today, DTN Livestock Analyst John Harrington asks you to consider three important election issues that he feels haven't received much attention.

Cubs fans, ranchers and farmers have always had one thing in common -- optimism about next year.

Tyson Foods' investment in the plant-protein startup Beyond Meat is a minor matter at the moment. Does it have the potential to become a big deal?

Just as political adviser James Carville saw the wisdom of getting down to pocketbook issues, the beef industry needs to seek help where consumer demand hits the road.

McDonald's plans to build a better burger. But what is better and will the younger consumers buy it?

Do cattle futures always have a reason for wild price swings? Does a livestock analyst have a claim for whiplash?

Stressed pork producers in the early fall of 2016 have good reason to wonder if their general health and very age span actually requires them to muscle through the economic equivalent of walking pneumonia, working through short-term pain in order to capitalize on longer-term...

As more and more commercial traders are forced to desert cattle futures as feckless and even dangerous in terms of risk management, the greater CME randomness and volatility becomes.