At 11 A.M., the USDA released their latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). Complete details are in the chart below, which compares the previous USDA estimate and the average estimate of traders to the info released in today’s October report.
The main takeaway is that soybean ending stocks for both the U.S. and the World are below the average estimate by traders. The U.S. is now pegged at 290 million, when the average was closer to 370 million. World wide ending stocks are estimated at 88.7 million metric tons, which is below the 91.36 average estimate. Initial reaction had soybeans up almost 30 cents over yesterday’s close, but then settling back closer to 20 to 22 higher as of about 11:15 AM. Corn initially dipped from the +5 they were trading pre-report to only 2 or 3 higher, but are now back to about 5 or 6 higher.
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U.S. Production |
USDA |
Average |
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2020/21 |
USDA - OCT |
Previous |
Estimate |
|
|
CORN |
14.722 |
14.9 |
14.8 |
Billion Bushels |
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SOYBEANS |
4.268 |
4.313 |
4.3 |
Billion Bushels |
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Yield |
USDA - OCT |
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CORN |
178.4 |
178.5 |
177.7 |
Bushel per Acre |
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SOYBEANS |
51.9 |
51.9 |
51.6 |
Bushel per Acre |
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U.S. Ending Stocks |
USDA |
Average |
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2020/2021 |
USDA - OCT |
Previous |
Estimate |
|
|
CORN |
2.167 |
2.503 |
2.113 |
Billion Bushels |
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SOYBEANS |
290 |
460 |
369 |
Million Bushels |
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World ending stocks |
USDA |
Average |
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|
2020/2021 |
USDA - OCT |
Previous |
Estimate |
|
|
CORN |
300.45 |
306.79 |
300.1 |
Million Metric Tons |
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SOYBEANS |
88.7 |
93.59 |
91.36 |
Million Metric Tons |
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