History has proven that USDA’s January data dump has moved markets, and the grain markets certainly received a bullish surprise.
USDA released 11 reports in the 12 o’clock hour on Tuesday.
Highlights:
Corn
- Average yield: 172.0 bpa
- Production estimate: 14.182 million bushels, down 324 million
- Acres planted in 2020: 90,819,000
- Acres harvested in 2020: 82,467,000
Soybeans
- Average yield: 50.2 bpa
- Production estimate: 4.135 billion bushels, down 35 million
- Acres planted in 2020: 89,084,000
- Acres harvested in 2020: 82,318,000
Wheat
- Average yield: 49.7 bpa all wheat
- Planted area estimate: 32.0 million acres which is the fourth lowest on record
- Winter wheat area seeded 2021: 31,991,000
- HRW seeded area estimate: 22.3 million acres
- SRW seeded area estimate: 6.23 million acres
- White winter wheat seeded area estimate: 3.48 million acres
To view all the reports, click here.