USDA will release five reports Jan. 11: Crop Production, Annual Crop Production, Winter Wheat Seedings, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, and Grain Stocks.
Below are a few pre-report news items to read before the numbers come out.
January Stocks a Market Mover
By: Jerry Gulke, Top Producer Market Strategy Columnist
The January USDA Grain Stocks report has a history of being a market maker, especially in years of price rationing. The report is important to soybeans and wheat, but corn has my interest.
Be Ready for Price Swings on Friday
By: Sara Schafer, AgWeb.com Business and Crops Online Editor
One of the most-important USDA report days of the year will take place Friday. At 11 a.m. The one certainty to be in Friday’s plethora of USDA reports is a surprise or two.
Winter Corn Price Tone Will Be Set by Jan. 11 Reports
By: Nate Birt, Farm Journal Social Media and News Editor
Farmers can expect market movement for corn prices after the Jan. 11 release of the Annual Production Summary and Quarterly Grain Stocks Report, Pro Farmer senior market analyst Brian Grete says.
Gulke: Can Friday’s Reports be Bearish?
By: Sara Schafer, AgWeb.com Business and Crops Online Editor
Prices have collapsed since the all-time highs of the summer. Will the information released by USDA on Friday hurt or help prices?
Watch U.S. Corn Stocks for Potential Surprises
By: Fran Howard
On Friday, Jan. 11, USDA will release its final estimates on corn and soybean production and acreage for the 2012-13 crop year as well as quarterly estimates for U.S. grains stocks and its monthly world and domestic supply and demand estimates.
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