Grain Market News

Winter Wheat Area Slipped 1%

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- The 2024 winter wheat planted area is estimated at 34.1 million acres, down 1% from the previous estimate and down 7% from last year for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

U.S. Rice Area May Rise 1%

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Area planted to rice in 2024 is expected to total 2.93 million acres, up 1% from 2023, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Record Low Oat Seedings Likely

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Area expected to be seeded to oats in the United States is estimated at 2.32 million acres, up 1% from 2023 for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

U.S. Barley Area Plunges

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Producers seeded 2.57 million acres of barley for the 2024 crop year in the U.S., down 17% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

U.S. Expects Record Durum Area

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Area seeded to Durum wheat for 2024 is estimated at 2.03 million acres, up 22% from 2023 for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Sorghum Area May Sink 11%

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Growers intend to plant 6.40 million acres of sorghum for all purposes in 2024, down 11% from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Total Wheat Seedings Seen 4% Lower

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Land in all classes of wheat planted in the United States is expected to drop 4% from last year to 47.5 million acres, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Reduced Corn Seedings Expected

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Corn planted area for all purposes in 2024 is estimated at 90.0 million acres, down 5% or 4.61 million acres from last year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Modest Gain In Spring Wheat Area

WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- U.S. farmers intend to plant 11.3 million acres of spring wheat other than durum, up 1% from 2023, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report. . . . Continue

Canada -- Field Crop Production Summary -- 2024 Area Intentions

A table about Canada -- Field Crop Production Summary -- 2024 Area Intentions . . . Continue

World Food Inflation Easing

ROME - Mar 8/24 - SNS -- International food ingredient values declined for the seventh consecutive month in February, as lower international quotations for all major cereals more than offset rising prices of sugar and meat, reports the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). . . . Continue

Further Easing In Global Food Prices

RTOME - Feb 2/24 - SNS -- International food prices eased in January as decreases in the prices of cereals and meat more than offset an increase in the sugar prices, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). . . . Continue

U.S. Rice Jumped 36%

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Rice production in the U.S. totaled 218 million cwt, up 36% from the 2022 total, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

Smaller Rye Harvest

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS --Rye production for 2023 was estimated at 10.4 million bushels, down 17% from the 2022 total, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

Record Corn Harvest

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS --Corn for grain production in 2023 was estimated at a record high 15.3 billion bushels, up 12% from the 2022 estimate, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2023. . . . Continue

U.S. Barley Output Advances

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Barley production was estimated at 185 million bushels, up 6% from the 2022 total of 175 million bushels, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

Oat Harvest Inched Lower

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Oats production in 2023 was estimated at 57.0 million bushels, down 1% from 2022, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

Sorghum Output Soared 69%

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Grain sorghum production in 2023 was estimated at 318 million bushels, up 69% from the 2022 total, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

10% Hike In Total Wheat Crop

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- All wheat production totaled 1.81 billion bushels in 2023, up 10% from the 2022 total of 1.65 billion bushels, according to the USDA's final production estimates. . . . Continue

Overall Drop In Canadian Harvest

OTTAWA-- Dec 4/23 - SNS -- Corn and soybean output was higher than last year, according to a Statistics Canada survey of 27,200 farmers across the country between October 6 to November 12, while output of wheat, canola, barley, oats, peas and lentils declined. . . . Continue

Canada -- Field Crop Production Summary

A table about Canada -- Field Crop Production Summary . . . Continue

USDA Sorghum Forecast Falls

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/23 - SNS -- This year's sorghum harvest is forecast at 322 million bushels, down 10% from the previous estimate but up 71% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2023. . . . Continue

Rice Harvest Remains Up Over 2022

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/23 - SNS -- Rice production in the United States is forecast at 220 million cwt (100 pound units), down less than 1% from the previous forecast but up 37% from 2022, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2023. . . . Continue

USDA Increases Corn Estimate

WASHINGTON - Nov 9/23 - SNS -- Corn production for grain is forecast at a record high 15.2 billion bushels, up 1% from the previous forecast and up 11% from 2022, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2023. . . . Continue

U.S. Objective Yield Data For Corn - Oct 2023

A table about U.S. Objective Yield Data For Corn - Oct 2023 . . . Continue