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USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for January reflect higher ending stocks for both corn and soybeans.
The long corn/short bean spreaders were caught again leaning the wrong way and the exit door wasn’t big enough to let long corn folks out quick enough.
The trade is trying to figure out just how much corn will get harvested this year, which Pro Farmer’s Brian Grete is calling the “impossible puzzle.”
AgWeb.com will have full coverage of USDA’s March 29 reports, following the 11 a.m. Central Time releases.
USDA’s June Grain Stocks report shows 2.12 billion bushels of corn are currently being stored on farm, up 22% from a year ago. On-farm soybean storage is up 51%.
While China grapples with choosing which production lines to reopen, the food shortage conversation looks to ramp up.
USDA Chief Economist Dr. Robert Johansson will retire at the end of January and will be replaced by Dr. Seth Meyer.
The Senate Committee on Ag, Nutrition and Forestry held the first 2023 Farm Bill hearing in early May. Hearing attendees agreed the 2023 Farm Bill should echo elements in the current bill and address new topics.
Little by little, farmers are getting the information they need to piece together their crop insurance coverage for the coming year.
Biden administration wants more total planted acres with a focus on soybeans and wheat. That is the clear conclusion from what the administration is proposing as part of its latest wish list for Congress.