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WASDE Wheat

USDA increased U.S. wheat ending stocks by 55 million bushels to 670 million, up 15 percent from last year. The season-average farm price is reduced $0.20 per bushel to $7.30 on higher projected stocks for the remainder of the marketing year. The global wheat outlook for 2023/24 is for lower stocks because the increased U.S. stocks are fully offset by reduced production estimates for Australia, Kazakhstan, and Ethiopia. The projected 2023/24 global ending stocks are lowered 0.5 million tons to 258.1 million, the lowest since 2015/16.  ...

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