The Resilient Advantage
Canadian Feedlot and Cattle Market Analysis
The Resilient Advantage
Grain & Oilseed Analysis
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Canadian Feedlot and Cattle Market Analysis
The weekly analysis includes fundamental and technical analysis for fed cattle, feeder cattle, feed grains and the Canadian dollar. At the end of each section, there is analysis of the Commitment of Traders Report along with price forecasts and recommendations for reach commodity. The analysis is about 20 pages long with detailed commentary, charts and graphs.
This analysis is for finishing feedlots, backgrounding operators and cow calf producers. The time of sales is crucial for long term profitability. The analysis is usually sent out on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings.
Grain & Oilseeed Analysis
Resilient Grain & Oilseed Analysis covers fundamental and technical analysis for wheat, durum, canola, and barley.
We make five recommendations, selling 20% increments of the crop in each recommendation. In the long term, this strategy has been proven to ensure a higher overall average price.
Jerry's Journey
Education and Professional Career
Gerald (Jerry) Klassen has been studying markets since he was a young boy growing up on a farm in Southern Alberta. Sugar beets, grains, finished cattle, feeder cattle were moving on and off the farm. He wondered how do two people agree to the price? How is the price discovered? Who determines this price and why?
After graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture and Food Business Managment, he started in the grain trade with a multinational working up from an elevator assistant to international grain merchant.
After a brief period as a local on the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange, he returned to his career as an international grain merchant until 2020. From 2005 through 2008 he worked for a Canadian grain merchant. From 2009 through 2019, he managed Canadian operations for a Swiss based grain trading house.
Jerry Klassen has over 25 years of actual commodity trading experience. From 2017- 2021, he was Chairman of the Canadian Grain and Oilseed Exporters Association.
Although his career was in the grain trade, Jerry has always provided market analysis for cattle producers. He has written for Cattleman Magazine
and Grainews for over 20 years. He has been quoted in the National Post, Reuters, and other media sources. Jerry has always had a passion for cattle feeding and the cattle market. A farmer at heart, Jerry has seven quarters growing canola, wheat and barley.
History
After the recession of 2008 and 2009, feedlot operators felt they were blind-sided by an economic event that caused major equity erosion. Secondly, they wanted market analysis to be as intelligent as the beef packer or the multinational on the other side of their cash transaction.
Producers were looking for in-depth market analysis to enhance their risk management and marketing of fed cattle and purchases of feeder cattle. These producers also wanted advice on when to purchase their feed grains and hedging the Canadian dollar. They needed price forecasts and risk management recommendations for fed cattle, feeder cattle, feed grains and the Canadian dollar.
A group of feedlot operators approached Jerry Klassen to analyze markets for them.
After four or five meetings, the “Canadian Feedlot and Cattle Market Analysis” came into existence.
Jerry Klassen has over 25 years of commodity trading and grain merchandising experience. He has been relaying vital information to farmers throughout his career. Resilient Grains and Oilseed Analysis accurately assesses the market environment for timely sales recommendations. Farmers will have a clear understanding of the markets and reasons to justify their marketing decisions.
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Feedlot and Cattle Market Analysis
$1200/year
With this annual prices, you will get exclusive access to the best Cattle Market Analysis in the business which includes:
- Weekly detailed market examination
- Weekly fundamental and technical analysis for fed cattle, feed grains, feeder cattle and the Canadian dollar
- Call-anytime market discussion plus one-on-one personal contact that enhances confidence when making decisions.
- A personal analyst at your fingertips
- Long term profitability, timing-of-sales analysis and many more!
Grain & Oilseed Analysis
$760/year
With this high-quality analysis package that will accurately assess the market environment for timely sales recommendations, it will include:
- Fundamental and technical analysis for wheat, durum, canola, and barley.
- 36 issues per year. When Statistics Canada or the USDA releases a report, there will be a short one-page summary detailing marketing implications.
- Five or six recommendations for each crop throughout the crop year.
- A personal analyst at your fingertips
- Helping farmers achieve their sales goals. Statistically, our recommendations have been proven to raise the overall average sales price.