USW Reports on World Wheat Production and Exports
By Claire Hutchins, USW Market Analyst U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) reports on global wheat supply and demand to its farmer directors at each of their board meetings. The directors meet in Washington, D.C., the week of Feb. 11 and the report will include the following update on marketing year 2018/19 wheat production, with one exception: […]
Human Wheat Consumption Sets New Record
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst USDA expects global wheat consumption to remain at record high levels in 2018/19 due to increased human consumption. Human wheat consumption is expected to reach a record high 602 million metric tons (MMT), 4 percent above the 5-year average. Over the past ten years, global human wheat consumption has […]
Global Production Shortfall, Record Consumption Among USDA Wheat S&D Highlights
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst This week, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) holds its 2018 Fall Board of Directors meeting. At each board meeting, the USW Market Analyst presents an update on world and U.S. wheat supply and demand factors based on information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as of Oct. 11, 2018. Following […]
USDA Leaves U.S. Wheat Exports Unchanged, Supported By Decreasing Global Wheat Production
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst USDA updated its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on Oct. 11, showing the United States to have the largest exportable supply of wheat in the world in 2018/19 following devastating losses in the European Union (EU) and Australia, and decreased production in Russia. Due to the […]
USDA Confirms Ample U.S. Wheat Supply in 2018/19, Reassures Customers About Availability
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst On Sept. 28, USDA released its Small Grains Summary noting that 2018/19 U.S. wheat production increased to 51.3 MMT, up 8 percent from last year due to improvements in both average yield and harvested area. While this is still 8 percent below the 5-year average of 55.8 MMT, the […]
Hope and Renewal
With the 2018 U.S. winter wheat harvest complete and October right around the corner, U.S. wheat farmers are now seeding a new crop. Across the 18 states that represent 90 percent of the area planted to winter wheat last year, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates that 28 percent of the 2019 crop was […]
Weather Continues to Affect Global Wheat Production
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst USDA expects global wheat production to fall to the lowest level in 5 years at 733 million metric tons (MMT), down 3 percent from the record high of 758 MMT in 2017/18. If realized, it would be slightly below the 5-year average. This downturn is, unfortunately, led by […]
Shrinking Global Wheat Production Could Be Bullish for Farmers
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, USW Market Analyst USDA updated its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on August 10 and expects the global wheat supply and demand situation to be more favorable for U.S. farmers this year due to shrinking global wheat production. USDA lowered its global wheat production estimate by 6.63 million metric […]
A Mid-Season Look at the U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest for Buyers
U.S. farmers are making good progress now on the second half of their 2018 winter wheat harvests and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) wants to provide a mid-season look at winter wheat harvest and quality in this “Wheat Letter” entry. USW publishes a new Harvest Report every Friday on this website. Soft Red Winter (SRW) […]
Annual Spring Wheat Tour Sees Improvement from 2017 Drought Impact
By Amanda J. Spoo, USW Assistant Director of Communications This week, the Wheat Quality Council hosted its annual hard red spring (HRS) and durum crop tour. Participants spent three days mainly in North Dakota surveying this year’s crop and estimating yield. The tour, which surveyed a total of 342 fields, estimated weighted average HRS yield […]