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USDA Surprises with Lower Wheat, Higher Cotton, and Sunflower Acres

Apr 02, 2026

Video: USDA Surprises with Lower Wheat, Higher Cotton, and Sunflower Acres


USDA provided a bullish surprise with lower wheat acres, but what does higher sunflower acres suggest?
WTI crude oil futures soared 13% while U.S. Gulf urea prices also traded higher.
The U.S. Midwest looks wet to start the month of April while the South/Southeast and Western Corn Belt (Plains) remains dry.
The national U.S. wheat ratings in the 1st USDA crop progress of the season next week will look ugly.
Funds are record long soy oil futures, and the oil complex and near a record long in the grain and oilseed complex.