COMTELL Plus Development: Data Direct Release Notes

Monday, 06 May 2024

COMTELL Plus Development: Data Direct Release Notes For the first time we have combined the Mintec, Urner Barry, and FeedInfo commodity data into one unified and familiar structure. The COMTELL PLUS API allows to easily export the unified time series data from one API product and integrate it ...

Urner Barry Introduces Expanded Asian Beef Market Coverage on COMTELL

Thursday, 04 April 2024

Urner Barry, the leading provider of market intelligence solutions for the protein industry, is pleased to announce the expansion of its market coverage to include comprehensive analysis of the Asian beef market, focusing on the trade routes from Australia and New Zealand to the key destinations of ...

UB Consulting: Are Consumers Facing Credit Issues?

Tuesday, 06 June 2023

According to the Q1 NY Federal Reserve Bank’s Household Debt and Credit Report, total household debt increased by nearly 1 percent from Q4 2022 to $17.05 trillion, an all-time high. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, credit card loans remained flat, totaling $986 billion. These figures raised concerns ...

UB Consulting: Will Chicken be the Winner in a Potential Economic Downturn?

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Our findings presented here serve as an update on a previously published whitepaper from April 10, 2023, after revising our forecasts. Concerns over the economic well-being of consumers remain a hotly debated topic—and rightly so. Over the last 18 months, consumers and producers have been ...

UB Consulting: The Foodservice Industry – Are We in a Bubble?

Thursday, 18 May 2023

UB Consulting: The Foodservice Industry – Are We in a Bubble?   Menu prices remain strong and increasing while the economy is slowing down. According to the latest consumer price index report, the food away from home index rose 8.6 percent year over year in April 2023. Despite the overall ...

UB Consulting: How Volatile is the Egg Market Right Now?

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Eggs have been a popular topic of conversation for some time now. Earlier this year, headlines highlighted the price surges consumers faced in retail. High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has played a significant role over the last year in prices, so much so that prices on the wholesale level ...

UB Consulting: Will Growing Credit Issues Impact the Beef Market?

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

For many, the recent data regarding delinquency rates on credit cards and consumer loans has signaled warnings on the financial health and well-being of the American consumer.  While nowhere near historical averages, these delinquency rates have been increasing from record lows reached in 2021. ...

UB Consulting: Why the Rise in Egg Prices?

Friday, 20 January 2023

The rise in grocery prices has been a topic of conversation for much of the past year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) consumer price index report highlighted this. In 2022, the average year-over-year increase in the food-at-home index was 11.4 percent. More recently, however, heightened ...

UB Consulting: Resilient Salmon - Will Demand Hold Into 2023?

Monday, 16 January 2023

There is no doubt that there has been a salmon frenzy in the U.S. for at least the last 10 years. Some years are better than others, but consumption keeps increasing while real prices have also increased. Naturally, all these are a function of production—availability—and while there have been ...

UB Consulting: Labor, Inflation, & Stagflation - What Does it Mean for Protein Commodity Markets?

Friday, 06 January 2023

The current state of the economy has been a topic of concern for much of 2022. And to some degree, rightly so. It has been no secret that living costs have increased throughout the year, with consumers experiencing inflation levels not seen in over 40 years. Fear of recession continues as consumer ...