USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report Feb. 9. Here are the numbers you need to know.
Corn
- Corn used for ethanol production was raised 25 million bushels to 5,350 million.
- Non-ethanol corn for food, seed and industrial use was raised by 10 million bushels.
- Corn ending stocks were 34 million bushels lower than in January.
- Season-average corn price narrowed 10 cents on each end to $3.20 to $3.60 per bushel.
Soybeans
- Supply and use projections for 2016/17 were unchanged, with ending stocks at 420 million bushels.
- Exports were projected up 114 million bushels to 2,050 million bushels.
- Record South American exports are expected, limiting U.S. shipments to “well below last year’s record levels this summer.”
- Season-average price range is unchanged from last month, at $9.10 to $9.90 per bushel.
Wheat
- Exports are up 50 million bushels to 1,025 million bushels.
- Food usage is down 3 million bushels to 960 million bushels.
- Ending stocks are now projected at 1,139 million bushels (the largest since the late 1980s).
- Season-average farm price is up $0.05 to a midpoint range of $3.85 per bushel.
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Here's the USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report (WASDE) page.
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