WASDE Reports
Markets await USDA’s July WASDE report as analysts monitor global corn production, China’s soybean demand, weather, and shifting trade dynamics.
Trade estimates point to only modest changes in U.S. grain ending stocks ahead of USDA’s June 11 WASDE report.
Farmers will soon be asked to help shape some of USDA’s most closely watched crop and inventory reports.
The latest USDA price projections are raising new questions about crop payments and ARC calculations.
Kentucky Farm Bureau President Eddie Melton joins us to discuss fertilizer affordability concerns, Senate Agriculture Committee testimony, and spring planting conditions in Kentucky.
Lower wheat production, smaller stocks, and higher projected prices explain the rally and put more attention on Plains crop conditions.
USDA’s first 2026/27 outlook shows tighter supplies across several markets, led by wheat, corn, cotton, rice, beef, and sugar.
The lower outlook follows months of drought stress across major winter wheat regions, where some producers have abandoned fields or shifted acres to grazing instead of harvest.
Rising corn and soybean prices may lower expected payments for producers