RJA - Agricultural Markets Pre-WASDE
The partial government shutdown caused a cancelation of the January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. Each month the WASDE report from the US Department of Agriculture releases the gold standard for fundamental data in the markets that feed the world.
With the end of the winter season on the horizon, farmers in the US are now making their plans for the 2019 crop year. The planting season will commence in early spring, and during the first months of the year, farmers make decisions on how best to utilize their acreage. Since December, the