USDA Numbers
10/01/11 -- The USDA are out on Wednesday with a raft of important numbers including US winter wheat plantings, revised 2010 production numbers for corn and beans, quarterly stocks and 2010/11 ending stocks estimates.Here's a note of what the trade is expecting.
USDA 2010/11 Ending Stocks Estimates (billion bushels):
| Product | Avg Est  | Range  | USDA Dec Est  | USDA 09/10  | 
| Wheat | 0.842  | 0.733-0.923  | 0.858  | 0.976  | 
| Corn | 0.778  | 0.681-0.884  | 0.832  | 1.708  | 
| Beans | 0.158  | 0.113-0.200  | 0.165  | 0.151  | 
USDA Quarterly Stocks Estimates (billion bushels):
| Product | Avg Est  | Range  | Year Ago  | 
| Wheat | 1.938  | 1.840-2.032  | 1.782  | 
| Corn | 10.067  | 9.132-10.410  | 10.902  | 
| Beans | 2.345  | 2.258-2.410  | 2.339  | 
USDA 2010 Production Estimates (billion bushels):
| Product | Avg Est  | Range  | USDA Dec Est  | USDA 09  | 
| Corn | 12.491  | 12.300-12.616  | 12.540  | 13.110  | 
| Beans | 3.376  | 3.280-3.420  | 3.375  | 3.359  | 
USDA 2010 Yield Estimates (bushels/acre):
| Product | Avg Est  | Range  | USDA Dec Est  | USDA 09  | 
| Corn | 153.9  | 153.0-154.8  | 154.3  | 164.7  | 
| Beans | 44.0  | 43.5-44.6  | 43.9  | 44.0  | 
USDA 2011 Crop Winter Wheat Acres (million acres):
| Product | Avg Est  | Range  | USDA 2010  | 
| All Wheat | 41.219  | 39.377-43.200  | 37.335  | 
| HRW | 30.241  | 28.900-31.138  | 28.553  | 
| SRW | 7.281  | 6.232-8.523  | 5.274  | 
| White Wheat | 3.545  | 2.986-3.700  | 3.508  |