We are currently projecting a reduction in U.S. winter wheat acres. However, we see big differences between hard red winter (HRW) and soft red winter (SRW).USDA will release its next big series of reports a week from today on 10 January. These reports will include the final row crop production estimates (corn and soybeans), quarterly stocks estimates as well as the revised U.S. and world supply and demand estimates. It will also release its estimate of how many acres of winter wheat U.S. farmers planted last fall. The table below shows last year's winter wheat acreage numbers and WPI's guess today of what the government might tell us next week.We are currently projecting a reduction in U.S. winter wheat acres. However, we see big difference...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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