WASDE Balance Sheets for Corn and Soybeans Unchanged

Author: Bob Lane

WASDE Balance Sheets for Corn and Soybeans Unchanged

The March World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released by the USDA were unchanged for corn, soybeans, and wheat.  This is somewhat good news for corn and soybeans, whose stock to use ratio had been trending lower over the past several months.  For soybeans, the ratio has declined from 6.4 percent last October to 2.6 percent.  Corn is down from 11.5 percent in December to 10.3 percent.  A declining ratio tends to lead to an increased probabilit...

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