The combination of data, analyses and news stories provides subscribers with one of the best overall understandings of the world beef markets and key industry factors.
You will not find a more comprehensive set of information meaning that if you have any commercial interest in beef then you must be a subscriber to this service. Its cost is not even that of a cup of coffee a week but your beef market knowledge will be second to none.
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It is difficult to put into context news that we hear about our industry without having a full background knowledge of the overall structure and trends that are occurring. Comments such as "USA beef imports to drop by 50,000 tonnes" have little meaning unless we can relate this to the total USA industry and overall imports.
These data analyses and various reports are designed to give you updated instant information that may help you answer some of those questions on the structure and trends in the world's beef industry.
There are three main sections in the Beef and Cattle series.
1. The series of more than 20 Excel spreadsheets provide the production, consumption, exports and imports records and projections for the world beef industry and for the main countries involved in the world beef trade. They include embedded graphics of most of the variables in each spreadsheet. Additional analysis of the records can include consumption per person, exports as a % of total production, imports as a % of total use and annual prices.
The data in these analyses is kept up to date as new figures are released. Changes to records or forecasts between updates are identified and discussed on the first spreadsheet of each file. A free analysis of details of the Russian beef and cattle industry is available for you to assess the typical file layout and contents. This file can be downloaded from the Free Sample files by clicking on "Analyses and Reports" on the top banner line where "home" is located.
The Excel files will be particularly useful for those seeking graphs or tables for presentations, for authors seeking commodity and country specific records and for those involved in the beef industry who are seeking greater knowledge of trends in other countries.
2. In addition to the Excel files there are a number of special reports that are published intermittently and explore in more depth some current aspect of the world beef or meat industry trends. These files can be in Word, as PowerPoint presentations or published as .pdf files. They will add a special dimension to your understanding of the world beef industry.
3. A series of releases of relevant web sites and stories on the world and local industry is now published several times a month. These Word files give a list of between 10 and 15 relevant web sites for your interest with a brief introduction to each so you can choose those of most relevance to read. You can download the free "Food Crisis News - No1 - April 2009" from the Free Samples as a sample of the format of the beef files that are produced.
Together you will not find a more comprehensive coverage of the longer term trends int he world beef industry. The facts provided are the best available and the analyses an honest and independent assessment of trends. The web sites are picked on the basis of broadening your understanding of the industry and with out bias or commercial interest having any influence.
If you are interested in having access to all these files you should subscribe as a Beef Industry Analyses Subscriber or become a full subscriber. As a full subscriber you also receive access to all the Wheat Industry Analyses file series, the Special Analyses and Reports as well as the well researched and respected monthly newsletter.