Insights and Stories on WASDE

Jun. 15, 2022 at 7:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were certainly affected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply/demand estimates released last Friday — but may be shaken again after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to raise its key interest rate by 0.75 of a point. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended weaker on Friday on profit-taking, after rallying close to an all-time high on strong U.S. export demand and supply concerns. Supply uncertainty remained, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its estimates for 2021-22 domestic ending stocks by about […]

By Tom Polansek

Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There were only a handful of major changes in the monthly supply and demand report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “I thought it was neutral to a little bit friendly,” said Terry Reilly, grains analyst with Futures International in Chicago. Perhaps most notable were […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans were the high-rising crop on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday, two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) are released. Old- and new-crop soybeans all rose in tandem during the week, but while old-crop contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

May. 12, 2022 at 7:18 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday released its monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) — the first to show estimates for the 2022-23 marketing year — and markets reacted quickly. Ryan Ettner, a broker for Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill., said that while figures for corn […]

By Adam Peleshaty