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December 29, 2017
Grain Market Outlook
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I. U.S. Soybean Market Situation and Outlook
I‐a. December 12th USDA Crop Production & WASDE Reports
On December 12th the USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) released its December 2017
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report – containing U.S. and World soybean
supply‐demand and price projections for the 2015/16, “old crop” 2016/17, and “new crop” 2017/18 marketing
years (MY). The “new crop” MY 2017/18 for U.S. soybeans began on September 1, 2017 and will last through
August 31, 2018. Monthly USDA WASDE estimates of U.S. crop and livestock supply‐demand and prices can
be found at the following web address: https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/
On the same day the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its December 2017
Crop Production report. This report can be found at the following web address:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProd/CropProd‐12‐12‐2017.pdf
The next survey‐based report of U.S. soybean production results for 2017 will be released in the USDA
Annual Crop Production Summary and Crop Production reports on January 12, 2018. The same U.S. on‐farm
soybean plots which were sampled for the August, September, October, and November USDA NASS Crop
Production reports will revisited for the January 2018 report – with final 2017 production results reported.
On November 28, 2017 the USDA released its Long Term Agricultural Projections through year 2027.
United States’ soybean supply‐demand and price projections were included, along with corn, wheat, grain
sorghum cotton and other major crops. These Long Term Agricultural Projections can be found at the
following website: https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/
I‐b. CME JANUARY & NOVEMBER 2018 Soybean Futures Trends
JANUARY 2018 CME Soybean Futures
Following a low of $9.15 ¼ on June 23, 2017, JANUARY 2018 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) soybean
futures prices trended up sharply to a high of $10.54 ¼ on July 11, 2017 (Figure 1). JAN 2018 soybean futures
then had declined to a low of $9.29 ¼ by August 16th – before trending upward again to a high of $10.13 by
October 13th. After first declining to a low of $9.67 on November 14th and then again trending upward to a
high of $10.15 on December 5th, JAN 2018 soybeans dropped to a low of $9.46 ½ on December 22nd. Since
then, prices have traded in a range of $9.53 ½ to $9.64 ¾ before closing at $9.45 ¾ /bu on December 28th. The
close of $9.45 ¾ for JAN 2018 CME Soybean futures on December 28th was down 10.3% from the July 11th
(early summer 2017) price high of $10.54 ¼ /bu.
NOVEMBER 2018 CME Soybean Futures
In a similar trading pattern to JAN 2018 soybean futures, Following a low of $9.23 ½ on June 23, 2017,
NOVEMBER 2018 soybean futures prices trended up sharply to a high of $10.28 ¾ on July 12, 2017 (Figure 1).
NOV 2018 soybean futures then had declined to a low of $9.34 ½ by August 16th – before trending upward
again to highs of $10.13 by October 13th and $10.15 on November 9th. After first declining to a low of $9.80 ½
on November 14th and then again trending upward to a high of $10.24 on December 5th, NOV 2018 soybeans
dropped to a low of $9.70 on December 21st . Since then, prices have traded in a range of $9.70 to $9.87 ¼
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before closing at $9.72 ¾ /bu on December 28th. The close of $9.72 ¾ for NOV 2018 CME Soybean futures on
December 28th was down 5.4% from the July 12th (early summer 2017) price high of $10.28 ¾ /bu.
Figure 1. JANUARY 2018 & NOVEMBER 2018 CME Daily Soybean Futures Price Charts
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Grain Market Outlook
Since 1992 there have been negative correlations of ‐0.777 and ‐0.795 between the U.S. Trade Weighted
dollar index and the Texas Gulf HRW Wheat and Kansas City, Missouri Wheat cash prices for Ordinary protein
levels, respectively. This indicates that cash prices of U.S. wheat – denominated or “priced” in U.S. dollars –
have a strong negative or inverse relationship with the value of the U.S. dollar over this time‐period.
U.S. Wheat Production Acreage, Yield & Production
U.S. Wheat Planted Acreage
In the December 12th Crop Production report, the USDA projected 2017 U.S. wheat planted acreage to be
46.012 million acres (ma) – down 4.107 ma (‐8.2%) from 50.119 million acres (ma) in 2016, down 8.987 ma (‐
16.3%) from 54.999 ma in 2015, and down 19.05% from 56.841 ma in 2014 (Table 1 and Figures 3 & 4). KSU
projections for All U.S. Wheat Planted Acres in 2017 equal those of the USDA.
U.S. Winter Wheat Planted Acres in 2017: The December 12th USDA Crop Production report
estimated U.S. winter wheat planted acres for harvest in 2017 to be 32.839 ma (Table 1 and Figures 3 & 4).
Winter wheat seedings of 32.696 ma in 2017 (seeded in fall 2016 for harvest in 2017) were down 3.456 ma (‐
9.6%) to 36.152 ma in 2016, down 6.985 ma (‐17.6%) from 39.681 ma in 2015, down 9.713 ma (‐22.9%) from
42.409 ma in 2014, and down 10.534 ma (‐24.4%) from 43.230 ma in 2013.
With continued low winter wheat prices in Kansas, associated low profitability prospects, and intensive
localized infestations in 2017 of debilitating diseases such as wheat streak mosaic in some parts of the state, it
is likely that seeded acreage of Kansas hard red winter wheat will trend lower in 2018. Hard red winter (HRW)
wheat in Kansas is typically seeded in during the mid‐September through October time‐period. The initial
survey estimates of U.S. and Kansas winter wheat seeded acres will be given in the USDA Winter Wheat and
Canola Seedings report to be released on January 12, 2018.
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B. USDA FSA Non‐Recourse Marketing Assistance Loan Programs
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs‐and‐services/price‐support/commodity‐loans/non‐recourse‐loans/index
Non‐Recourse Marketing Assistance Loan Programs
The Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) authorizes nonrecourse marketing assistance loans (MALs) and loan
deficiency payments (LDPs) for the 2014 through 2018 crop years for wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland
cotton, extra‐long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, soybeans, other oilseeds (including sunflower seed,
rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe and sesame seed), dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, large
chickpeas, graded and nongraded wool, mohair, unshorn pelts, honey and peanuts.
Read the fact sheet Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for general information
about MALs and LDPs.
Read the fact sheet Fees and Charges Assessed by the Commodity Credit Corporation for Cotton Loans, Loan Forfeitures,
and Relocation of Collateral.
MALs and LDPs are marketing tools available to producers beginning upon harvest or shearing. The MAL provides an
influx of cash when market prices are typically at harvest‐time lows, which allows the producer to delay the sale of the
commodity until more favorable market conditions emerge. Allowing producers to store production at harvest or
shearing provides for a more orderly marketing of commodities throughout the year.
MALs for commodities are considered nonrecourse when the MAL can either be redeemed by the repayment of the
MAL or by delivering the pledged collateral to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as full payment for the MAL at
maturity. MAL repayment provisions specify, under certain circumstances, that producers may repay MALs at less than
loan rate (principal) plus accrued interest and other charges. Alternatively, loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions
specify that, in lieu of securing a MAL, producers may elect to receive an LDP.
MAL repayment and LDP provisions are intended to minimize potential delivery of loan collateral to CCC, accumulation
of CCC‐owned stocks, storage costs, discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State and county boundaries, and
allow U.S. produced‐commodities to be marketed freely and competitively. Accumulating CCC‐owned stocks tends to
make U.S.‐produced commodities less competitive in world markets and can result in substantial storage costs to
taxpayers.
Read the fact sheet Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for details on the
following:
‐ Producer Eligibility
‐ Commodity Eligibility
‐ Beneficial Interest
‐ Non‐recourse Marketing Assistance Loans
‐ Settling Loans
‐ Marketing Loan Gains
‐ Premiums and Discounts
‐ Interest
‐ Adjusted Gross Income Limitation
‐ Payment Limitations
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8‐LP Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for 2008 and Subsequent Crop Years – This handbook
provides general instructions and information for administrating loans and LDPs.
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