USDA’s August production and supply/demand estimates were (again) bearish for soybeans, neutral-to-bearish corn and slightly bullish wheat. Following are some of the report highlights/surprises:
The markets were expecting small U.S. corn and soybean yield increases. However, USDA raised corn to the high side of estimates and increased the soybean yield a whopping 3.1 bushels/acre from the July estimate. USDA raised corn export demand, and that partially offset the production increase. Nevertheless, corn ending supplies were pushed higher by 132 million bushels from the July estimate. That is not an overly bearish number. The soybean yield estimate was a real WOW and pushed U.S. ending supplies to almost 800 million bushels...
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