Today’s crop production and supply/demand estimates were considered slightly bullish for soybeans but neutral corn and wheat. Soybean futures traded more than 30 cents higher immediately after the report was released, and that pulled corn futures 6-7 cents higher as well with wheat initially steady. The tables below compare USDA’s actual numbers with those of September and the trade expectations for today’s report.
Wheat USDA increased U.S. ending supplies by 27 million bushels (730,000 MT) as a result of the reduction in feed/residual use. The U.S. wheat export forecast was left unchanged. Russia’s wheat production estimate was also raised from 81 MMT to 82 MMT. Argentine production was left unchanged, b...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
