A single source for historical data, futures markets and price projections, MarketForecaster™ makes commodity prices available when and where you need it.

The cutting-edge mathematics of MarketForecaster combined with your deep market knowledge can be a powerful tool to drive improved pricing and purchasing processes, enhanced pricing courage and more profitable customer relationships.

What is included in MarketForecaster?

SignalDemand uses market data from transaction aggregators such as the US Department of Agriculture, Eurostat, Meat & Livestock Australia and others to produce market price forecasts for hundreds of product SKUs and live animal prices. Futures markets data from exchanges such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are also included.

Who Should Use MarketForecaster?

Targeted to the unique needs of buyers and sellers of agricultural commodities, MarketForecaster™ provides an intuitive user interface that enables fact-based decision making for growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, restaurants and other players in the food industry as they buy and sell commodities or products made from commodities.

MarketForecaster™ supports users who need to make decisions for spot, forward and longer-term contracts by including fifty-two weeks of price forecasts.

Depending on where you sit in the food value chain, your questions and the risks you face may differ, but all players face the shared challenge of a lack of forward price visibility.

Universal Questions:

• What is the basis between live animal prices and live animal futures?
• How do live animal prices influence the cut prices?
• What is the relationship between cattle and hog prices? Between grain and oil prices?

Mouse-over the diagram to see sample questions

• Growers
  

  Where will the market be in 9 months? How should I change what I grow to respond to changing demand?

• Manufacturers
  Procurement

  When is the right time to buy product on the open market?

  When should I freeze product and wait for a market upturn?

  Finance/ Risk Management

  Considering the latest forecasts and futures, should we reduce risk by buying futures contracts?

  Pricer/ Sales Representative

  What price should I quote my customer 3 weeks out?

  What ceiling / premium should I use for this small customer? What floor should I use for this large retail customer?

  When should I suggest running an ad with my preferred retailer?

• Further Processors
  

  I need to set my prices for the next 6 months for my catalog, where are commodity prices going?

  How can I better forecast my margins?

• Distributors
  

  I need to set my prices for the next 6 months for my catalog, where are commodity prices going?

  How can I better forecast my margins?

• Restaurant Chains
  

  Where will my margins be 6 months from now? For a specific product? For a store?

  When should I promote a certain product?

• Retailers
  

  Where are commodity prices going so I can better forecast store profitability?

  What is the price range I should expect to pay of a certain product 6-8 weeks out?