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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 …
Read ArticleDecisionNext Announces Expanded Partnership With Johnsonville
The DecisionNext technology provides Johnsonville insights into sourcing, harvest planning and pricing. These insights allow the established sausage innovator the …
Read ArticleDecisionNext Names Michael Farrand as Global Head of Food
Farrand remarked, “Having had the pleasure of working with the talented DecisionNext team over the past few months it became clear to me that our values and goals …
Read ArticleMarket Forecasting: how to do it, consume it, make it useful, and make it repeatable
How to do it 1. You want a simple model Simplicity is important. We are talking mathematical models to predict the future. And it is very tempting when building these …
Read ArticleMcMarkets: Timing the McRib Reintroduction
Where does the McRib come from? The McRib patty is made from ground and formed pork butts. Pork butts are not the part of the hog that the name might suggest, but well …
Read ArticleDealing in Disruption - Industry Perspectives with Hal Sankey
These experiences give him a unique lens to this COVID-19 environment and its impact on the beef industry. While 9/11, BSE, and the 2008 economic crisis were certainly …
Read ArticleDealing in Disruption - Industry Perspectives with Mike Farrand
Farrand sees this epidemic as stirring up a more fundamental, structural change to the industry. Clues of a ‘new normal’ might reveal themselves across consumer shopping …
Read ArticleThe Beauty of Backtesting in Forecasting
In fact, every forecast will be wrong. The variable is determining how wrong it will be. When a forecasting model lacks validity, it leads to detrimental business …
Read ArticleUnlock Higher Frequency Crop Price Forecasts with DecisionNext - Part 1
Background The following is the first part in a two-part series detailing the methods behind DecisionNext’s techniques for modeling crop markets and their associated …
Read ArticleDecisionNext Announces Hal Sankey & Mike Farrand as Advisors
Sankey is a meat industry veteran who was raised on his family’s ranch before serving 32 years across Cargill’s Beef and Food Distribution businesses with …
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