
USDA's August WASDE cut global wheat production by 15.4 million metric tons to 777 million, citing weather problems in Russia, Canada and the United States. The global wheat stocks-to-use ratio fell to a forecast 35%, its lowest since 2016/17.
The corn stocks-to-use forecast of 24% is also below recent years.
A tighter stocks-to-use ratio signals that prices must rise to ration demand, supporting wheat and, to a lesser extent, corn prices.
After 769 past bullish report events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.0%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 1,040 past bullish report events, Corn moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -0.9% to +2.0%), and +0.8% 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.