Fundamentally Speaking

End of March Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for the top 18 winter wheat states and U.S. vs. PDSI reading from the period 1960 to 2022

Will further increases in our overseas soybean sales projection be seen in subsequent WASDE reports?

Last fall crop conditions for the U.S. winter wheat crop usually released the last week of November and the first spring ratings which are as of the first week of April vs. percent that USDA's final yield estimate deviates from the 30-year trend

20-year average and 20-year trend harvested/planted ratio for the top 18 producing corn states and the U.S. vs. the 20-year trend yields in bushels per acre also for the top 18 producing corn states and the U.S.

Dollar per bushel and percent change in corn, soybeans and Chicago wheat for the first quarter of the year going back to 1990.

Change in U.S. planted spring wheat acreage from the March intentions report to the June acreage projections and then to the final production report vs. percent of the crop planted by May 1

Percent of KS, OK and TX in the combined D2 to D4 drought category around the middle of March on the left-hand axis vs. the percent states May winter wheat yield estimate deviated from 2000-2021 trend of final yields on the right-hand axis.

New crop sales on the books as of the first week in March for corn, soybeans, and wheat and as percent of the February USDA Ag Outlook Forum export projection

U.S corn export sales and shipments as of the first week in March and as percent of the USDA March WASDE export projection

Percent change in ending stocks from the USDA February Ag Outlook estimates to first new crop balance sheet figures given in May WASDE for corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Sunseed oil output out of Russia and Ukraine as a percent of world production and their exports as a percent of the global total.

North and South Dakota combined corn and soybean planted area as a percent of U.S. total acreage as reported in the USDA March intentions, June acreage and final production reports.

10 and 20-year average percent changes in planted soybean acreage for the top 18 growing states and the U.S. from March intentions to June acreage reports, then June Acreage figures until final production report numbers

10 and 20-year average percent changes in planted corn acreage for the top 18 growing states and the U.S. from the March intentions to the June acreage reports and then the June Acreage figures to the final production report numbers

Change in planted area from projections given at USDA's February Outlook sessions to what figures are released in the end of March intentions report

Harvested acreage vs. percent deviation from 20-year trend for corn yields for Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Change in the February WASDE U.S. ending corn, soybean, and wheat stocks from what was estimated a year earlier at their Feb USDA Ag Outlook and percent change

Harvested acreage vs. the percent deviation from 20-year trend for soybean yields for Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Average February price for November soybeans and December corn vs. the percent soybean acreage is of corn as given by the USDA's March planting intentions figures

Net price change for January in dollars per bushel vs. percent change in price from the prior year's January 31 value for spot corn, soybeans, and wheat