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January 2012

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31 January 2012
US US Perspective - 31.01.12
DE German Perspective – 31.01.12
24 January 2012
US US Perspective—24.01.12
Market Intelligence—24.01.12
DE German Perspective—24.01.12
17 January 2012
DE German Perspective—17.01.12
US US Perspective—17.01.12
10 January 2012
Market Intelligence - 10.01.12
US US Perspective - 10.01.12
DE German Perspective - 10.01.12

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31 January 2012
Market
US Perspective - 31.01.12
US Perspective Courtesy of the Maxfield Report www.maxfieldreport.com   Interest on big packer hides slowed towards the end of the week. Opinion in the trade is that higher trading levels, coupled...
Market
German Perspective – 31.01.12
What happened this week: The slaughter industry has been pretty successful to move the market higher now, with a backdrop of generally shrinking supply. In complete ignorance of the general conditions and the...
24 January 2012
Market
US Perspective—24.01.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest on big packer hides slowed considerably as expected. We heard of a few last-minute attempts from buyers to purchase hides before departing...
Market
Market Intelligence—24.01.12
Macroeconomics The past two weeks have been pretty active in the financial markets. The markets seem to believe that the EU debt crisis can be handled. Refinancing conditions for Italy and Spain eased...
Market
German Perspective—24.01.12
What happened this week: This past week was reasonably active. Most of the domestic trade was still busy digesting the eruption in abattoir prices. Most were asking if the steep rises can be passed on and to...
17 January 2012
Market
German Perspective—17.01.12
What happened this week: This week delivered quite a bit of confusion. What started at the end of last week continued at the beginning of this one. A great number of suppliers took a pretty strong view on the...
Market
US Perspective—17.01.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com According to various sources, interest slowed considerably on big packer hides as we approached the end of the trading week last week. It appears that ...
10 January 2012
Market
Market Intelligence - 10.01.12
Macroeconomics   First of all we would like to wish all our readers and friends a very Happy New Year and a lucky hand to manage the challenges of the year ahead!   We had a long break since our last...
Market
US Perspective - 10.01.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com   We have encountered mixed opinions as to the amount of activity last week in the big packer market, as well as prices obtained. Reports from...
Market
German Perspective - 10.01.12
What happened this week: Happy New Year to all our readers! Most people – including us – expected the week between Christmas and the New Year to be the quietest around the season, but failed. It was this one....