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USDA Releases January Crop Production, WASDE, Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings Reports

USDA Releases January Crop Production, WASDE, Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings Reports

USDA on Friday released its latest January Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports.

USDA released its latest Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports on Friday, Jan. 12. (USDA logo)

OMAHA (DTN) — USDA on Friday released its January Crop Production, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports.

USDA pegged final national average corn yield at a record 177.3 bushels per acre (bpa), well above the range of pre-report expectations. Production was pegged at 15.34 billion bushels (bb).

Soybean yields also climbed to a national average of 50.6 bpa. Production clocked in at 4.17 bb.

Stay tuned throughout the morning and refresh this page often as we will be sending a series of updates with the important highlights from today’s reports, including commentary from our analysts.

You can also access the full reports here:

— Crop Production: https://www.nass.usda.gov/         

— World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE): http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/      

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Editor’s Note: Join DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman at 12:30 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 12, for a look at what the day’s numbers mean for grain prices. To register, visit: https://www.dtn.com/wasde-webinars/

U.S. PRODUCTION (Million Bushels) 2023-24
JanAvgHighLowDec2022-23
Corn15,34115,22115,33015,06815,23413,715
Soybeans4,1654,1234,1624,0744,1294,270
WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE (million acres) 2024-25
JanAvgHighLow2023
All Winter34.435.939.434.536.7
Hard Red24.025.227.324.025.7
Soft Red6.97.18.66.27.4
White3.53.63.83.43.6
QUARTERLY STOCKS (million bushels)
12/1/23AvgHighLow9/1/2312/1/22
Corn12,16912,01012,38011,0701,36110,821
Soybeans3,0002,9823,0392,9502683,021
Wheat1,4101,3831,4591,2721,7801,312
U.S. ENDING STOCKS (Million Bushels) 2023-24
JanAvgHighLowDec2022-23
Corn2,1622,1052,2531,9612,1311,361
Soybeans280239270215245268
Wheat647658681630659582
WORLD ENDING STOCKS (million metric tons) 2023-24
JanAvgHighLowDec
Corn325.2313.9318.0310.0315.2
Soybeans114.6112.2115.0110.0114.2
Wheat260.0258.3261.1257.0258.2