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The USDA's March WASDE cut the 2021-22 U.S. cotton stocks forecast by 200,000 bales to 3.20 million, and March cotton futures touched a contract high of 18.99 cents per pound. The same report raised U.S. all-wheat stocks by 30 million bushels to 628 million.
Winter wheat seedings were reported at 34.40 million acres, a six-year high.
A smaller cotton crop means less cottonseed available for crushing, which tightens cottonseed meal supply. The wheat stock upgrade is bearish for wheat values.
grainpricenews.comMar 15, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,006 past bearish report events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.8%), and +0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
