Many technical advisory committee (TAC) members produce web based market information reports customized to their specific locations and perspectives. These are a valuable resource to those interested in livestock marketing. Below are links to TAC member's web resources.
Shane Ellis - Iowa State University Economics Department provides outlook on livestock, grain, dairy and the general economy in the Iowa Farm Outlook. Also of interest is the Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University which has production and management information of cattle producers.
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/outreach/agriculture/periodicals/ifo/
Dillon M Feuz, Utah State University provides weekly analysis of the cattle/beef markets as well as cattle feeding break-evens and hedging opportunities at the Feuz Cattle & Beef Market Analysis website.
Wilson Gray, University of Idaho Ext. Livestock Economist, along with Neil Rimbey, Ext. Range Economist and Paul Patterson Ext. Crops Economist, maintain web resources for the PNW. The Ag Economics home page links to publications, budgets and outlook information as well as many other resources.
Jim Hilker - Michigan State University provides commodity forecasts and price outlook articles at Jim Hilker's Market Outlook & Probabilistic Price Forecasts for Grain & Livestock. The site includes links to related websites.
Derrell Peel - The Oklahoma Livestock Market Website includes Livestock Market Comments, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator, and other livestock information.
Tim Petry - North Dakota State University provides his Livestock Economics website which includes the Market Advisor and other livestock economics related information.
Ron Plain, University of Missouri provides several web-based reports including Weekly Hog Outlook Weekly Cattle Outlook and Swine Economics Report. Other reports and resources are listed on his web page.
Emmit Rawls, The University of Tennessee publishes the Weekly Livestock Comments and Tennessee Market Information.
Glynn Tonsor, the livestock & meat marketing portion of the KSU AgManager website from Kansas State University provides marketing, returns and forecasting tools, graphs, budgets and many other useful items.