The September Grain Stocks report showed 2021/22 ending stocks for corn at 1.377 billion bushels, down 148 million bushels from the estimate in the September WASDE. The corn futures market responded vigorously, rising to a high of $6.9625 per bushel. USDA lowered 2021/22 corn [...]
As the 2021/22 marketing year wraps up for wheat, the U.S. has not seen an increase in export sales, leading USDA to trim the season projection by 15 million bushels in today’s WASDE report. Now estimated at 785 million bushels, 2021/22 wheat exports are [...]
The average industry estimate for corn and soybean production is 14.823 billion bushels and 4.288 billion bushels, respectively. At these levels, the corn crop would still be the second largest on record, while soybean production would be the fourth largest on record. The trade [...]
USDA estimates 2019/20 U.S. corn harvested acreage at 82.0 million acres, unchanged from the August WASDE report. The corn yield estimate is 168.2 bushels per acre (bpa), down 1.3 bpa from August. Accordingly, corn production is forecast at 13.799 billion bushels, down 102 million [...]
The January WASDE report will at least be delayed, if not skipped, due to the government shutdown. (In 2013, USDA did not publish an October report due to a shutdown that lasted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 17.) The January report is one the [...]
