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Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D. Vice-President, Pork Analysis EMI Analytics

Iowa Pork Congress – January 2016

Livestock & Poultry Economic Outlook

Key factors for 2016 . . .

Lowest costs since 2007 – Good crops!

PEDv cases on the rise but have moder-ated – much like last year? PRRS?

HPAI case in Indiana – first one since June

MCOOL is gone – what about imports?

Demand: Three good years but what now?

Pork industry productivity is surging

Exports with a still-strong U.S. dollar?

World competition?

Macro conditions continue positive, not robust

Civilian unemployment remains at 5%

Dec U6 rate = 9.9%, up 0.1% from Oct

Q3 Real GDP growth stayed above 2% for both yr/yr and annualized qtr/qtr

December employment was +292k, fol-lows Nov +252k, Oct +307k, ‘16 +2.65 mil

Oil below $30: Bad for Exxon, Haliburton, steel, etc. but good for energy users

Higher (barely!) interest rates but has the Fed over-played even that small increase?

Meat/poultry demand has been on a GREAT run!

. . . But November was -2.9% yr/yr, YTD is still +5.7%

PRICE is the evidence of higher demand . . .

. . All set records in 2013-14 and are still close

Demand/RPCE: Pork is steady, beef lower in Nov

GRAIN PRODUCTION/PRICES and

COSTS OF PRODUCTION

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Record world SB output in ‘14 and ’15, down in ‘16

Sharply lower SBM prices – good for birds, pigs!

Grain prices imply lowest hog costs since ‘07 . . .

. . . With best operations will be at $61-$63 carcass

CATTLE AND BEEF

Cow-calf returns will be “only” $200/hd in ‘16

Data Source: USDA & LMIC, Compiled by LMIC

Livestock Marketing Information Center

+6.5 %

Sharp increase in heifers held as replacements!

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Data Source: USDA-AMS


Data Source: USDA-AMS & USDA-NASS


Major result: MUCH lower heifer slaughter . . .

Data Source: USDA-AMS & USDA-NASS


Record-high feeder cattle prices caused . . .

. . . VERY slow replacement and HUGE cattle!



Weights plus higher numbers pressured prices

As did drop values



And Friday’s COF report was mildly bearish . . .

Beef prod will gain 2% in ‘16, and another 4% in ‘17



Fats in $130s, FC $155-$165, Calves near $200



POULTRY

HPAI diagnosed in Indiana turkeys last week

Dubois County – 60,000 birds on the site

NEW strain (H7N8) – ’15 strain was H5N2

- Appears to be of North American origin

- One case of High Path – others are Low Path

~250k turkeys, 156k layers euthanized

No new cases since last weekend!

NOT KNOWN TO AFFECT HUMANS

Exports from Indiana will be banned

Broiler hatcher flock grew by 3% in ’15 . . .

‘15 broiler prod was +4% -- next 2 yrs +1.2 & 1.6%

Big growth in chicken available in ’15 -- slowing

Lower chicken prices – BUT NOT sharply lower!

Assuming no HPAI – 4.7% growth for turkey in ‘16

And a major rebound for exports . . .

Turkey prices will still be higher than any but ‘15

HOGS AND PORK

U.S. dollar: A new “recent” high of 100.6, early Dec.

Fed rate hikes will keep dollar strong

- December hike did little – it was expected

- What about the coming 2 or 3 or 4 in ‘16?

Fed HAS to do this – it has no bullets!

Pork exports suffered in last ‘14 and early ‘15. . .

. . . YTD is now UP 1.1% -- 2015 will finish up 2-4%

Jan Cold Storage – bullish for pork, bearish others

BIG reduction in hams, all pork – lots of ribs

PEDv: Some sow herd breaks in UM data – not bad

Data from 995 sow farms, 24 of 26 systems reporting, 2.533 mil. sows!

18 sow farms broke in 4 weeks ending 11/28 – only 8 since then!

Consensus among vets: ‘15-’16 will be slightly WORSE than ‘14-’15

Dec H&P report was much as expected - neutral. . .

. . .’16 much like ’15 but Q4 could be huge

Inventories on Dec 1

All hogs and pigs 67,776 68,299 100.8 101.4 -0.6

Kept for breeding 5,939 6,002 101.1 100.9 0.2

Kept for marketing 61,838 62,297 100.7 101.5 -0.8

Under 50 lbs. 19,801 19,508 98.5 99.6 -1.1

50-119 lbs. 17,366 17,282 99.5 100.4 -0.9

120-179 lbs. 13,000 13,210 101.6 101.4 0.2

180 lbs. and over 11,671 12,296 105.4 105.3 0.1

Farrowings

Sep-Nov sows farrowed 2,994 2,875 96.0 98.1 -2.1

Dec-Feb Intentions 2,895 2,840 98.1 99.6 -1.5

Mar-May Intentions 2,854 2,850 99.9 100.5 -0.6

Sep-Nov Pig Crop 30,633 30,271 98.8 99.7 -0.9

Sep-Nov pigs saved per litter 10.28 10.53 102.4 101.6 0.8

*Thousand head ** Thousand Litters 1Source: Urner Barry

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. . . Consistent – wean age, pen gestation??

Litter size – 3 straight records with more to come

Since Dec 1, actual is 0.05% over forecast . . .

. . . Note similarity through Q3 – growth in Q4

Weights: will remain lower through Q1 . . .

Net impact of weights in ’16 will be zero

But the one positive quarter will be a problem

. . . Unchanged Q2 and Q3, +1% in Q4

Slaughter forecasts from Dec H&P

Mil. Hd % Chnge Mil. Hd % Chnge Mil. Hd % Chnge Mil. Hd % Chnge

2013 Year 112.124 -1.0%

2014 Q1 27.131 -2.6%

Q2 25.575 -4.5%

Q3 25.558 -7.6%

Q4 28.612 -4.0%

Year 106.876 -4.7%

2015 Q1 27.650 1.9% 27.398 1.0% 27.405 1.0% 28.723 5.9%

Q2 27.186 6.3% 27.358 7.0% 27.237 6.5% 27.848 8.9%

Q3 27.839 8.9% 27.779 8.7% 28.446 11.3% 28.474 11.4%

Q4 30.500 6.6% 30.400 6.2% 30.098 5.2% 30.529 6.7%

Year 113.176 5.9% 112.935 5.7% 113.186 5.9% 115.574 8.1%

2016 Q1 29.240 1.8% 29.597 3.0% 29.211 1.7%

Q2 28.126 1.0% 27.852 0.0% 27.570 -1.0%

Q3 28.830 1.3% 28.555 0.3% 28.588 0.4%

Q4 30.996 1.5% 30.515 0.0% 31.109 1.9%

Year* 117.193 1.5% 116.519 0.8% 116.478 0.8%

Red figures are analysts' last FORECAST for the given quarter (Q1 done in Dec, Q2 done in Mar, etc.) 1/7/16

Blue figures are estimated using USDA data*Annual total uses actuals to-date plus forecasts for the rest of the year.

ISU LMIC EMI ACTUAL

December 2015 Hogs & Pigs -- Commercial Slaughter Forecasts

Price Forecasts – December H & P

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2013 Year 86.70 87.16 89.21 89.23

2014 Q1 93.10 91.34 93.80 94.91

Q2 115.41 111.61 116.83 117.48

Q3 111.00 109.63 114.25 115.70

Q4 90.49 90.08 91.41 91.85

Year 102.50 100.31 102.95 104.99

2015 Q1 64.35 68.67 66.03 68.59

Q2 71.59 73.56 73.22 74.36

Q3 73.43 74.60 74.92 74.64

Q4 58.95 61.91 59.80 62.77

Year 67.08 69.69 68.49 70.09

2016 Q1 58 - 63 62 - 64 61 - 65 64.33

Q2 71 - 76 73 - 77 72 - 76 75.12

Q3 69 - 74 74 - 79 74 - 78 77.25

Q4 58 - 63 62 - 68 59 - 61 65.56

Year 64 - 69 68 - 71 67 - 70 70.56

Blue figures are estimated using USDA data 1/26/16

December 2015 Hogs & Pigs -- Price Forecasts

Packer margins were very good this fall . . .

. . Lower by-prod values will keep pressuring hogs

This fall’s selloff hurt but costs dropped too . . .

. . . LH rally, lower costs has put ‘16 in the black

Risks

Major export disruption – small prob, HUGE impact

PEDv impact: Smaller but we still aren’t in the clear

HPAI – same thing here

Slower demand growth

- Domestic: Will positive preferences continue?

- Exports: World economy, strong $U.S.

How much expansion in pigs and chicken?

Surge of Canadian hogs due to US$ and end of MCOOL

No flood of hogs from Canada but MORE . . .

Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D. Vice-President, Pork Analysis EMI Analytics

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION?

Iowa Pork Congress – January 2016

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