USDA: The Magic Numbers

Posted by Nogger - a legend in his own mind at 13:30 | Categorized as

Here they are folks, the all important scores on the doors from today's USDA reports:

Stocks        USDA     Avg Guess     Range     Mar 1 2009
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Beans         1.270      1.207     1.160-1.270    1.302
Corn          7.695      7.505     7.318-7.758    6.954
Wheat         1.352      1.364     1.332-1.398    1.040
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Area (Mln Acres)                                2009 Area
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Beans         78.10      78.55     77.43-79.50    77.50
Corn          88.80      88.94     87.00-90.15    86.50
All Wheat     53.83      53.33     51.90-54.90    59.10
Winter Wheat  37.70      37.32     37.10-37.90    43.30 
Spring Wheat  13.91      13.56     12.80-14.00    13.30
Durum          2.22       2.47      2.30-2.60      2.60
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