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WASDE: 2012/13 U.S. Wheat Balance Sheet is Unchanged

Sep 12, 2012
By WASDE


WHEAT:  The 2012/13 U.S. wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month; however, small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.  Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring and White wheat exports raised 15 million bushels and 10 million bushels, respectively. Corresponding changes are made to projected ending stocks for these three classes.  The projected range for the 2012/13 season-average farm price is lowered to $7.50 to $8.70 per bushel compared with $7.60 to $9.00 per bushel last month. Prices reported for the summer months, when producers typically market nearly half the crop, have remained well below cash bids and futures prices, suggesting substantial forward pricing by producers earlier in the year.

Global wheat supplies for 2012/13 are projected 3.1 million tons lower mostly due to lower expected production in Russia.  An increase in foreign beginning stocks partly offsets the projected 4.1-millionton reduction in world wheat output.  Beginning stocks are raised for Canada and Egypt, but lowered for Argentina.  Production for Russia is reduced 4.0 million tons with lower reported area and reduced yields as harvest results confirm additional drought and heat damage to both the winter and spring wheat crops.  Production is also lowered 0.5 million tons for adjoining Kazakhstan, which experienced the same adverse drought and heat during July and August that affected spring wheat in the central and eastern growing regions of Russia.  EU-27 production is lowered 0.5 million tons mostly reflecting lower expected yields in the United Kingdom.  Ukraine production is raised 0.5 million tons based on higher reported yields.  Production for Afghanistan is raised 0.4 million tons mostly on higher reported area.

Global wheat consumption for 2012/13 is lowered 2.6 million tons mostly on lower wheat feed and residual use in Russia and Kazakhstan.  Food use is also lowered slightly for both countries with additional reductions projected for food use in Egypt and Nigeria.  Food use is raised for Afghanistan, Iran, and Libya. Global wheat trade for 2012/13 is lowered slightly this month with imports reduced for China, Egypt, EU-27, Israel, and Nigeria.  Import increases for Turkey and Iran limit the global decline in trade. Exports are reduced 2.0 million tons for Ukraine based on the recent agreement between government officials and grain traders to limit shipments because of concerns about tightening domestic supplies.  Higher expected exports for Brazil, EU-27, and Turkey mostly make up for the Ukraine reduction.

World ending stocks for 2012/13 are projected 0.5 million tons lower with changes to a number of countries.  The largest declines in stocks are for Russia, EU-27, China, Brazil, and Argentina.  The largest increases are for Ukraine, Canada, Iran, and Turkey.

Source: USDA

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