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Market Headline News: Wheat. Kim Anderson Oklahoma State University. KCBT Wheat Weekly Nearest. KCBT Wheat July Daily. What will it take for $5 wheat?. $5 wheat requires 620 mb ending stocks Average use 2.16 bb 980 – 620 = 360 0.36 bb 1.80 bb
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Market Headline News: Wheat Kim Anderson Oklahoma State University
What will it take for $5 wheat? • $5 wheat requires 620 mb ending stocks • Average use 2.16 bb • 980 – 620 = 360 0.36 bb 1.80 bb • Four times since 1975 below 1.9 bb
Expected Production • Winter Wheat: • 37.1 million acres planted • 0.81 (percent harvested) • 44 bu/ac average yield • 1.33 bb • Spring Wheat • 15.7 million acres harvested • 40 bu/ac average yield • 0.63 bb • 1.96 bb Total Production
Yield More Important than Price 29 bu/ac x $5 = $145 40 bu/ac x $3.75 = $150 June 2010 wheat price KCBT July $5.13 Basis-$0.80 $4.33
What to Hope For Marketing Strategy • Hope for: • Above average yields. • Below average yields • Market Strategy: • 1/4 to 1/3 at harvest. • 2/3 to 3/4 fall & winter.
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