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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report | May 2026
Protein Inflation Is Diverging Ahead of Summer As summer grilling season approaches, the DecisionNext Finished Goods Index is showing a growing divide across the protein …
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Chicken Market Pricing
Dr. David Boussios is the economist driving our teams to leverage data to find answers to complex market problems. In the first of this two-part Chicken Pricing series, …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report – November 2023
The input values of a hamburger are expected to climb year over year this November while hot dog, white bread, and rotisserie chicken are forecasted to drop. Finished …
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The DecisionNext Finished Goods Index Report – October 2023
Bread and rotisserie chicken prices are forecasted to drop year-over-year this October while hamburger and hot dog prices are forecasted to climb. Also, be sure to check …
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Predictive Power that Makes the Cut
Cattle ≠ Beef Starting in 2021, we observed repeated instances of beef price movements diverging sizably from cattle values, suggesting markets were being influenced by …
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Add Value to Formula Program with Smart Spot Buys
Value DecisionNext customers save on average $0.05-0.20/lb when we quantify the impact of spot market decisions compared to formula prices during the same time …
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DecisionNext Publishes Monthly Newsletter with Finished Goods Index
DecisionNext, a leading AI-driven decision support platform for commodity industries, launched a monthly newsletter this year highlighting its capabilities and …
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Believe the Hype
The experts at Gartner recently published this year’s Hype Cycle Report. For the first time ever, DecisionNext received a high mention as a sample vendor for the …
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Market Forecasting—Part 2
The legendary MLB catcher Yogi Berra once said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Market Forecasting definitely helps but you need to know …
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5 Questions with Michael Billings of ButcherBox
With over 40 years of experience, Michael Billings has seen a lot over the years that we can learn from. We recently had the good fortune to catch up with him for this …
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