WHEAT MARKET REVIEW

econ.sdstate.edu

For Week Ending: Thursday, July 3, 2008
Comments by:   Alan May 
                            Extension Economics
                            South Dakota State Univ
ersity 
                            Brookings, SD 57007-0895

2008 June Acreage Report Analysis


MINNEAPOLIS
WHEAT FUTURES

  KANSAS CITY
WHEAT FUTURES

MONTH

JUL 3

JUN 27

CHANGE

MONTH

JUL 3

JUN 27

CHANGE

Jul

1080
1212
-132
Jul
905
925
-20
Sep
938
1002
-64
Sep
912
945
-33
Dec
955
1013
-58
Dec
935
966
-31
Mar
969
1032
-63
Mar
957
985
-28
May
978
1035
-57
May
952
998
-46
CHICAGO
WHEAT FUTURES
   
MONTH

JUL 3

JUN 27
CHANGE
 
Jul
873
896
-23
 
Sep
887
912
-25
 
Dec
910
936
-26
 
Mar
931
956
-25
 
May
945
968
-23
 
 
 
Daily winter wheat futures at the Kansas City Board of Trade.  Click image for large-scale version. Daily spring wheat futures at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.  Click image for large-scale version.

Click image for large-scale version.Click image for large-scale version.

COMMENTS

The commentary for this week is in the form of a ten minute web-video that can be accessed on the link above entitled, “2008 June Acreage Report Analysis”.

Have a safe July 4th holiday weekend.

South Dakota average old crop spring wheat price on Wednesday of this week: $9.27, 99 cents lower than a week ago.

South Dakota average old crop winter wheat price on Wednesday of this week: $8.50, 94 cents lower than a week ago.

USDA’s monthly supply and demand numbers from the most recent World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates report are summarized in a file that is linked below. For complete details, simply click on the link entitled, “Wheat Supply and Demand.”

Wheat basis data and cash wheat price data for various regions of South Dakota is available by connecting with a link at the bottom of this page. To access the charts for your region of the state, just click on the links entitled “Spring wheat cash and basis charts” and “Winter wheat cash and basis charts”. This basis information is compiled by the Economics Department at South Dakota State University.

 
 
For more information:
Economics Department website:   http://econ.sdstate.edu/
     under the Extension tab click on Current Market Analysis
Extension Service website:  http://sdces.sdstate.edu/
     click on the Farm Management/Marketing tab
or contact Mr May at:  alan.may@sdstate.edu