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We’re excited to be welcoming new members coming to FBN® from Attebury Grain . If you need the app to access your scale tickets, contracts, and Attebury bids – you can get it here . At FBN, we’ve been working with farmers and their data since 2014 and we know you care about how your data is used and shared. That’s why we take protecting your data seriously. Please visit our Data Hub to learn about our commitments to protecting our member’s data. Below are some FAQs we’ve put together that will help you better understand some questions you probably have right now, as well as some you may have as you begin to use the app. You can view more FAQs related to using the app, here . Attebury & FBN FAQs How do I access my Attebury contracts and scale tickets in the FBN app? Do I need to create an FBN Account to access my Attebury data in the app? How does FBN use my data? Can Attebury access the data I add to my FBN account? Who can I talk to if I have questions? How do I get access to my Attebury sales data in the FBN app? Go to the Attebury landing page in the FBN App and follow the prompts. This is a special process only available for Attebury growers. So please follow these three steps to successfully connect your Attebury account with FBN . Enter the mobile phone number used for your Attebury account and you’ll be sent a text message with a verification code. That code is crucial for initiating a step-by-step FBN account setup. Use the code to verify your phone number, then click the button to install the FBN app. When you first open the app, you’ll see a special page for Attebury customers. Click “Connect with Attebury” and that will initiate the connection of your Attebury account to your FBN account. Do I need to create an FBN account to view my Attebury sales data in the app? Yes. If you would like to view your Attebury sales data through the FBN App, you’ll need to follow the steps above to get started with the FBN App. FBN membership is free, and you are not obligated to buy anything from FBN or contribute any other data. What is the value of becoming an FBN Member? The FBN Network was launched in 2014 by a handful of farmers as an independent, unbiased and objective farmer-driven information source. By providing  data to FBN , farmers gain access to the FBN Network, an anonymized and aggregated data analytics platform that enables farmers to make better decisions on their farms. Today FBN is a continually growing network of tens of thousands of farmers using 100% anonymous data-sharing & unbiased benchmarking to gain valuable and trustworthy insights on virtually all aspects of their farm operations including, optimal farm practices, seed performance, inputs pricing and commodity markets. The FBN Network also provides business specific tools that allow farmers to put their own data to use in managing their business operations. How does FBN use my data? FBN takes data privacy & protection seriously– and is committed to only using data only to return value back to members. Read more about the FBN Data Protection Commitments . Some specific ways FBN uses your data include, but are not limited to the actions listed below, which are required to provide you with the benefits of the FBN Network: Creating your FBN account Providing you with FBN Network features, such as access to the Crop Marketing platform where you can view bids based on your geographic location, manage your production data while viewing additional at-a-glance details like target breakeven and percent contracted & available. 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Grain prices at the start of 2023 continue to be elevated at historic highs. Since the early days of the COVID pandemic, U.S. grain markets have soared, nearly doubling in the past two years. While prices at the end of 2022 are below the highs set in the spring, conditions heading into 2023 should support, if not further elevate prices more. Grain Demand Growth Outpaces Supply Trends For most of the 20th century, the global ag supply system has managed to stay ahead of a growing world population. Technological revolutions in agriculture – what has been termed the “Green Revolution” – began in earnest in the 1950s through crop hybridization, synthetic fertilizers and controlled irrigation, and helped keep global food supplies on a steep advance. But in the past decade, there are signs that the agricultural productivity gains are decelerating with recent data showing demand growth outstripping supply growth across coarse grain, soybeans and wheat.  Indeed, the decade of 2013-2022 saw annual growth in demand of global coarse grains, soybeans and wheat outpace the annual supply for these commodities by a wide margin.  These trends will be challenging to reverse in the near-term, and will act as a supporting factor or even stimulus to grain prices in the coming year, especially with carryover grain and oilseed stocks at multi-year lows. A Renewable Fuel V2 Wave  The ethanol industry has been a key catalyst of agricultural demand growth since the early 2000s, especially for U.S. corn. But in recent years, the industry has seemingly plateaued as government policies have pivoted away from ethanol and instead targeted the electric vehicle (EV) market for small duty vehicles.  While the widespread adoption of EV vehicles is a potential existential threat to ethanol and its linkage to motor fuel gasoline demand, the rate of adoption is still exceptionally low. Data from 2021 illustrate that even though EV and PHEV (plug-in hybrid EV) has doubled between 2018 and 2021, it is only 0.8% of all registered vehicles. Indeed, the number of gas powered vehicles increased over 10 million in three years, while combined EV/PHEV adoption increased by only 2.5 million. The relatively slow adoption rate for EVs will likely keep ethanol as a viable industry for the years to come, but also create a slow but systematic drain on future ethanol demand.  U.S. Vehicle Registrations by Power Type  While ethanol may not provide a catalyst for growth in future grain demand, recent policy initiatives have placed more emphasis on renewable diesel as a sustainable and environmentally friendly fuel for the heavy duty transportation system.  Renewable diesel, which is derived from renewable feedstocks, such as vegetable oils and animal fats, is chemically similar to traditional fossil diesel, but it has a number of benefits that make it an attractive alternative: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by producing significantly less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than fossil diesel. Seamlessly replace fossil fuel diesel without any modifications to existing diesel engines or the infrastructure that delivers fuel.  Soybean oil is likely to be a significant feedstock used to produce renewable diesel because of its large availability and scalability in the future. Significant investments are being made to date which will add new soybean processing capacity to meet this expected demand surge.  Between 2023 and 2026, there is expected to be an extra 600 million bushels of new U.S. soybean processing capacity, representing a 27% increase over the sector’s output in 2021. This likely keeps soybean prices supported as the growing demand ramp up will require an extra 10 million acres from U.S. farmers in the coming years. Farm Cost Inflation: Permanent or Transitory? Nearly every farm input has seen drastic increases in the past two years, leading to higher costs for crop production. Fertilizer, energy, chemicals, labor, land and interest rates have all been on a steep incline. And while 2023 may bring modest pullbacks in some farm input costs, expect overall farm expenses to be on par with 2022.  Energy: Oil, natural gas and diesel prices have been trending lower since the summer of 2022, but still remain twice as high as they were in late 2020. The continued war between Russia and Ukraine , as well as the lack of long-term investment in fossil fuel energy sources, should keep energy markets elevated in 2023 with limited hope of significant price declines. Fertilizer:  Nitrogen-based fertilizers are greatly influenced by natural gas prices, and as such 2022 prices were nearly double what farmers paid in 2021. As natural gas prices have turned lower, we likely see a bit of a pullback on nitrogen fertilizer costs in 2023, but not as low as 2021. Land/Rent: U.S. cropland values soared 20% over the past two years, and is adding to the cost of renting farm ground. Cash rent costs over that same two-year period are up 6.5% and likely continue to increase into 2023 to keep up with higher land values and rising interest rates. Interest Rates : High inflation over the past year has caused the U.S. Federal Reserve to aggressively raise interest rates to their highest mark in 15 years. Although there has been a modest pullback on the inflation front, current inflation readings are still too high for interest rates to return to lower values soon. We expect interest rates to remain at current lofty levels for all of 2023. This panel was originally presented live at Farmer2FarmerVI in Omaha, NE.  Sign up to be first in line for Farmer2FarmerVII by clicking here.  FBN® Chief Economist and VP of FBN Research Dr. Kevin McNew discusses his predictions for the future of global grain markets in 2023 at FBN's Farmer2FarmerVI event. [Sign up to be first in line for Farmer2FarmerVII!] Copyright © 2014 - 2023 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. 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Executive Summary FBN® polled members in the second half of December into early January, asking how many acres of winter wheat were planted in the fall of 2022 and the fall of 2021.  Responses totaled 325 across winter wheat producing states with results pointing to a boost in planted area, year over year. Planted area increases are estimated for SRW and HRW with all US winter wheat planted area seen up 900,000 acres at 34.2 million for 2023/24 versus plantings for 2022/23. USDA is set to release its January Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report on January 12.  Last year, USDA’s initial estimate for US winter wheat planted area came in at 34.4 million acres; revisions followed with the actual estimate dropping to 33.3 million acres per the Small Grains Annual Summary . Survey Data Point to Highest Winter Wheat Area in Years Our team surveyed FBN members starting in late December about winter wheat planted areas. We asked what was planted in 2022 for harvest in 2023 and what was planted the year before. A total of 325 responses were received. We also asked members what percentage of each class of winter wheat was planted. At the national level, these are FBN ’s estimates of US winter wheat planted area for the 2023 harvest. US Winter Wheat Plantings for 2023 Harvest (Million Acres) Wheat FBN 2023 USDA 2022 Change Winter Wheat 34.2 33.3 +0.9   HRW 23.5 23.1 +0.4   SRW 7.05 6.6 +0.5   Winter White 3.6 3.6 0 Source: FBN /USDA; totals may not add due to rounding. Planted Area Estimate Falls Shy of Price-Model Indicators Winter wheat futures have been volatile for the 2022 calendar year, with a lot of that tied to the situation in the Black Sea. The price signals to producers have been to increase planted area, which is what our survey results showed. Looking at Kansas City futures specifically, the projected price - used in insurance policies - averaged at its highest level in nearly a decade. And when looking at new-crop futures and their relationship with planted area, prices indicated that planted acres would be close to the 35.2 million acre mark, which aligns directionally with our bias, but points to more area than what producers indicated per our survey results. Conditions Ahead of the Dormant Season Crop conditions heading into the dormant season left much to be desired. The prolonged drought in the US Southern Plains weighed on conditions in the fall. The latest reading was an improvement, but as the chart shows, conditions for the crop overall were low versus recent history. The good news is that despite these poor ratings heading in the dormant season, there is no clear conclusion that yields will be negatively impacted. For more details, please read this report published in November. Our research suggests that the condition ratings in the fall do not paint a picture of a crop failure in the spring. Spring weather will be key in determining yields. Double Cropping Intentions In the survey, we asked producers how many acres would be double cropped this year and how many were last year (soybeans following winter wheat). The survey pointed to no significant change to double cropped percentages in 2023 versus 2022. Double cropped acres have dropped significantly versus the highs hit with a lot of that tied to fewer acres of wheat being planted.  In 2013, SRW planted area topped just over 10 million acres whereas in 2022, acres were 6.6 million.  But with SRW wheat acres set to be up, double cropped acres could be up marginally as well too. Recommendations Ahead of this report, our recommendations to producers were to be collectively 30% sold on winter wheat. We issued recommendations on February 23, 2022, August 31, 2022, and September 29, 2022 for HRW and SRW. Each recommendation was to sell 10%. The average price we are sold at now is $9.08 for HRW (off Kansas City July 2023 futures) and $8.71 for SRW (off Chicago July 2023 futures).  Based on this acreage report, we are not in a rush to push more on coverage. However, we do encourage producers to get to our recommended level of percent sold. Given that price models indicated a higher plated area total, we could be underestimating planted area. Also, USDA’s initial acreage estimate in 2022 was notably larger than the final, and if that pattern were repeated again this year, new-crop futures could be impacted negatively.  FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer : The views and opinions are solely those of the author as of the date of publication, are subject to change at any time due to market or economic conditions, will not be updated or supplemented after the date hereof and may not necessarily come to pass. The views and opinions expressed herein do not reflect those of all personnel at FBN BR LLC (FBN) or the views of the Farmer's Business Network Inc. as a whole. 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This panel was originally presented live at Farmer2FarmerVI in Omaha, NE.  Sign up to be first in line for Farmer2FarmerVII by clicking here.  In this video from Farmer2FarmerVI, FBN® commodity expert Rejeana Gvillo and FBN producer specialist Callie Luck discuss the lessons learned from the rebound harvest of ‘22, conditions that will or have already impacted ‘23 and what producers in every Canadian province need to know about the market for next year.  Continue reading for key takeaways from Rejeana and Callie’s presentation, including important data visualizations, watch the video below for more detailed insights direct from the presenters, or scroll to the bottom of this post to read the complete transcript of their presentation.  Featured Speakers: Rejeana Gvillo: Senior Commodity Analyst at FBN Callie Luck: Manager, External Producer Advisory Canada at FBN How We Got Here: A Timeline Key Events Impacting Ag Markets 2021 - Brazil Corn Production Slips 2021 - CA Drought Losses  2021 - Energy, Fertilizer, Chem Prices Soar 2022 - Brazil Soy, Safrinha Corn Crop Losses 2022 - Interest Rates Higher, Oil Extends Climb 2022 - War in Black Sea, Dry US So. Plains 2022 - CA Crop Rebounds 2022 - Argentina Wheat Losses 2022 - Australia Endures Wet Harvest Futures Markets Remain Elevated The Domestic Market: Situation Overview Canada’s Old Crop Stocks After a short harvest in 2021, stocks fell across the board for crops. Despite the boost in production for 2022, the stocks situation is seen remaining light this year.  Production Rebounds for Canada Member data point to a rebound in yields; historically, Statistics Canada (SC) finds more canola in revisions. (The SC report came out on December 2, 2022.) Even with a boost in production, stocks of major crops are not burdensome.  Basis Remains Elevated Backfilling is still ongoing. Demand across domestic and export markets remains strong, and basis levels are likely to hold into 2023.  Barley and Oats Collide Oats have been under pressure on a larger crop. Trading at a sharp discount to barley, oats are likely to work more into feed. While oat price recovery is likely, barley prices are expected to remain supported.  Durum & Flax Peas & Lentils Fertilizer Canada is the world’s top producer of potash, with the majority of that supply being shipped to the U.S. Alternatively, Canada brings in U.S. fertilizer. Across the board, fertilizer prices are not expected to ease in 2023.  Long-term Outlook for Canadian Markets Looking Ahead: Headwinds for 2023 The main concerns facing Canadian farmers in 2023 include:  High input prices Macro uncertainty High interest rates Demand pull backs Canadian Market Outlook by Crop Video Transcript:  Rejeana Gvillo (00:33): I wanted to tell you just a little bit about myself. So I'm from Alabama, even though I do focus on the Canadian markets. I work from home in Alabama. I do grow up on a farm. We raised catfish for years, but now we primarily do hay and we actually have to buy our hay cutters. We use crone hay cutters, and they usually come from Minnesota, North Dakota, or Canada. We shop in Canada too. So I do live on the farm and I work with Kevin Mc new, and I went to Auburn Purdue and then Texas a and m, went all the way and worked for a firm called Informa for about five or six years. Became head of grains research there before I left and joined the FBN team. So I've been here about three and a half years and have between nine and 10 years of experience working in grain markets. Callie Luck (01:20): I'm call luck. I'm the manager for Canada for crop marketing. I grew up on a farm, a green farm in Dinsmore, Saskatchewan. I don't know if any of you know where that is. And now I live in Tisdale where I help on the farm with my husband. I got reduced from combine operator to like part-time grain cart, and I'm still a little bitter about it, so, but yeah. Well I'll let Regina take it away. She's gonna do most of the talking today. Rejeana Gvillo (01:46): Yeah. before we get too deep, I do have to read the disclaimer. So this presentation is intended for informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide specific individualized tax, business investment or professional advice. Neither farmer's business network, nor any of its affiliates make any representations or warranties expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements or any information contained in this material. Commodity trading, including futures, hedging and speculating, involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors. All right, so again, we're gonna talk about how we got here, what's currently going on in y'all's market. Some of that is coming from what's happening in other countries around the world. So we'll touch on some of those key points and then we're gonna discuss what we see coming for 2023, particularly with the price environment among your key commodities. Rejeana Gvillo (02:45): So these are just some of the key things that have happened the past 18 months or so that have been impacting ag markets. So last year Brazilian corn production slipped. So remember, Brazil has two corn crops, summer, winter, summer, corns being planted Now in conjunction with soybeans. It's about done being planted last year. The serea or the winter crop, which is what goes in the ground after beans are cut. We had big production losses there. Part of that tied to La Nina, remember y'all had a drought last year. You weren't the only country. Brazil was very dry during the summer growing season. So we had some pretty big losses there. Y'all also had drought losses as well. Like I said, of course then we get big in prices, in input big price increases for inputs. We again have some corn crop losses in Brazil, higher interest rates of course. Rejeana Gvillo (03:34): Then Russia invade Ukraine sends wheat market skyrocketing, which we'll talk some more about that. Then this year, y'all's crop actually rebounded overall. I know some of you still had problems, but overall Canada had a much larger crop this year. Argentina, however, has some, has had some pretty significant wheat production losses. On the flip side, Australia's crop, even though they got thrash with rain their crop is big. It's a monster of a crop, very wet down there. And we do think there, well, we know there'll be some quality issues with wheat. So for the small number of you that grow white wheat on the west coast you'll probably benefit from that. And right now it still is dry in Argentina. And so Argentina is in the midst of planting corn and beans. It's not looking too good down there and there hasn't been much rain and that is not changing, at least in the 10 day forecast. Rejeana Gvillo (04:25): So I know futures prices have come off the highs that we have seen, but I want you to remember where we were two or three years ago, and we certainly were nowhere close to where we are today. Overall, futures prices remain elevated. Corn prices, they certainly have come off the highs. Every, every commodity has essentially, but we're still looking good for canola. We're still looking good overall for Minneapolis. Maybe it's not the $12 you wanted, but I think we're sitting right at nine, which isn't that bad. And we're still up from where we were again a couple years ago. So just remember we're we're, we are in this high price environment, not only on the input side, but also on the commodity side. And the good news is that overall we see this environment maintaining, which of course will, we will get into more detail as we move forward. Rejeana Gvillo (05:12): So what's going on domestically? Remember last year you had a short harvest short harvest season, a short crop, and as a result your exports were down substantially. And even though exports were down because production was so low, you have an overall tight stocks situation. As we rolled into this year's harvest, and even though we've got a big boost in production this year versus last year, the good news is that the stock situation overall is not expected to change much. Yes, we have more supply right now today than we had this time last year, but at the end of the crop year, we're not expecting this big burdensome supply situation for any of your commodities. We are exporting not at the pace that we'd like to, but they have been picking up here recently. Our weekly exports, which of course that we we track, your domestic demand remains great. Rejeana Gvillo (06:03): You're not bringing in as much US corn as you did last year because you have more free feed grain availability. Overall bases remains pretty strong. And cash prices remain pretty strong, again, off the highs that we saw last year. But hey, you got more to sell. So it's prices are still good. Despite the production rebounds, again, we're up across the board for production. This is for most commodities, but I focus primarily on canola and wheat and barley for y'all. We did survey our members to get some, or we pulled y'all to get some information about yields and I wanna thank you. Those who did respond. Y'all help us nail canola expectations. We did great on that crop. We, we missed spring weed and barley a little bit, but it was nice to see members contributing that information. So thank you. Rejeana Gvillo (06:50): But again, even with these boosts in production that we are seeing and that we have seen this year versus last year, the stock situation, again, not expected to be burdensome by any means. We expect to remain in this overall supportive price environment despite the, the big increases in harvest that we have seen. Stats can came out Friday, right? This chart represents those updated values. They cut back canola they cut back wheat production including Durham. Surprisingly, they added to barley. That was the, the one crop that surprised us. Really. We weren't looking for that increase in barley production quite as large, but they increased harvested area as well as yields there. So we'll talk a little bit more about barley, especially its relationship to Oats, but that was the biggest surprise for us outta Scott can we'll see if they revise it later. Rejeana Gvillo (07:42): For what it's worth, they do revise production numbers for a couple of years. Usually we get revisions on canola, not other crops, but we'll see. So again, basis remains elevated. Y'all have got some amazing basis prices overall for w r s canola come off the has come off the highs. The, the, it seems like the processors or the crushing facilities really needed that canola. Once harvest got well underway and since then maybe went along with some farmer selling, those base levels have come off. But overall, still a very strong basis environment, particularly for wheat and better than average, at least for canola. So these charts are just showing the average that we have across Canada. On Mondays we write about basis comments and we do break it down by province. So I encourage you to, to look at that or as always to contact an fma to discuss basis opportunities. Rejeana Gvillo (08:34): But W RS remains very, very attractive. I mean, you're talking two to three over in some of these locations, which is amazing. That makes your cash price very attractive. And part of this is of course on the demand side, stocks going into this crop year, very light. We think that facilities have been needing to backfill. But not only that, high protein supplies, high protein wheat supplies from last year's harvest were down because y'all and the US both had a drought and we are the dominant exporters of your high pro spring wheat. So Kazakhstan as well also had a drought last year. They also grow spring wheat and they do export some. And so all three countries had bad harvests. So that in and of itself, everybody basically across the world needs to fill in their pipelines for high pro wheat. Rejeana Gvillo (09:21): And so that has really helped support your bases. Again, we're not quite seeing the export numbers we'd like to see, but they have been picking up for both y'all in the US and we expect that to continue. Barley oes barley is very interesting. I enjoy studying this market and when you look at the global barley situation, it is very tight. It doesn't get a whole lot of attention like corn, beans and wheat do the big three or even canola. But the barley situation globally is very snug. Australia does have a big crop, but it's not big like the wheat and the canola crop are because they cut down planted area there like y'all did on these high-end foot prices. So the global B barley, global barley balance sheet say that three times fast is tight. It's the tightest balance sheet we've had in decades. Rejeana Gvillo (10:08): Okay? And this is one reason why we are seeing some supportive barley prices. Of course, again, domestically, y'all stock situation tight going into this harvest, but barley prices have been supported. I know they've come off the highs, we expect them to remain supported. And interestingly versus oats, <laugh>, oats are the opposite end of the story. Oat prices are horrible. Y'all had a big oat crop and that has really pulled back oat prices. And so the red on this chart shows when barley is trading cash prices when barley is trading at a premium to oats and the blue is vice versa. Normally normally we're not in the situation that we are today where barley is a lot more expensive. Now we do think there's some upside potential for oat prices. We just think it's gonna take a couple of months into 23 calendar year 23 for oak prices to, to really get any strength. Rejeana Gvillo (11:03): But we do think that given the discount they are to wheat cash week and then also barley, it should pull a little bit into the feed market. Y'all are shipping some to the US as well and we do think that's gonna end up helping support oak prices relative to where they are today. I don't think they're gonna be <laugh> where they were a year ago, but I think that they will improve some in the next few months. Barley prices overall we may see a bit of weakness from this production that came out on Friday. However, given the global situation I don't think that we're gonna get a ton of weakness from the barley markets for the rest of the crop year. So I'm gonna switch it over now to Callie because I don't know much at all about flax <laugh>. Callie Luck (11:46): Well, I can't say we grow flax, but so derm, you guys have probably seen this, but bids were off to, to a strong start. We've seen a slowdown now with the freeze up due to the Thunder Bay. We've had larger crops out of Kazakhstan and Russia, so they're putting in the market there. So they've been bigger there. Stats can, you guys probably saw that number derms smaller. So that will be supportive. We'll be looking for an increase in bids later in the year early break. Rejeana Gvillo (12:16): Yeah, we should see during prices improve from where they are today. U S D A will revise the US crop coming out in January and they've already cut back that crop market suspicion is that it could be lowered even more. The US did did win a cargo outta that recent Algerian Tinder. I suspect Canada won some too. So we know that we're competitive and we look at global prices. Canada, Canadian, Durham is competitive as well. However, I don't think that we, we haven't exhausted this market yet. We do think that there will be some upside for d moving forward, cuz remember again, high pro wheat supplies globally down last year. We're still backfilling a good bit of that. That demand Callie Luck (12:58): With flax, the crop was above average quality. So, and we've seen, yeah, large Russian and Kazakhstan crops fulfilling the European and China market. So the only market kind of available for you guys is us and they haven't really been buying at these prices. And farmers are also reluctant to sell their flax at a lower price. So we're a little bit worried that this could lead to a balloon in ending stocks that's gonna weigh on the market peas. So peas demand's been slower for peas too, with a combination of slower exports and then also farmers being reluctant to sell their peas as well. So we expected demand from the us but we haven't seen that yet. In India, they have, their pea prices are lower, so that's discouraging acres. So that's a positive for us. But for yellow peas, as you guys know, China's the big buyer. Callie Luck (13:54): So right now soy mill yellow peas aren't discounted enough. They're to encourage buying. And then I'm sure you guys have seen in the news with everything happening in China there, covid zero, the lockdowns, the protests. So that's also weighing on the market as well. We see more potential in green peas cuz they're not as dependent on China. They have more places to be exported. Red lentils. So exports off to a great start with red lentils here and stats can actually reduced lentil production as well for Canada. The big question there for everyone is Australia. I'm sure you guys have seen this in the news, but it's raining Yeah, a lot. And we all know that lentils don't like rain, so there's concerns there with the quality of lentils, but those lentils will still find a home even if they're kind of downgraded in quality. Actually South Asia is quite happy to purchase kind of lower quality lentils if they can get a discount. So those lentils will still find homes, they'll displace some of the Canadian supply. But with the lower production here in Canada, some stats can, we're gonna really gonna be looking for India to come back into the market a little bit later to kind of up some of those Rejeana Gvillo (15:03): Bids. Yeah, and speaking of lentils, a bears did come out Monday. That's the equivalent to stats can, but for Australia, they put the lentil crop at 1.1 million tons. Now most of Australia's lentils are grown in areas where they had substantial rain. They did discuss a quality impact, a lot of wrinkling, some discoloring however, they didn't cut back the crop that much. It's actually a record lentil crop. We wrote about it I think this morning for the chart of the day. So be sure and check that out. Again, Australia's got a big crop, they increased area production is up even with the heavy rains, but they're not through with harvest yet. So we'll see if we have any subsequent revisions there to that lentil crop. Now we're gonna switch a little bit more to the kind of the global situation. And I just wanna point out, if you don't know, y'all are the world's leading potash producer, okay? Rejeana Gvillo (15:52): By far y'all are the biggest potash producer. You ship a lot of that to the US and actually Canada and the US have a pretty solid fertilizer trade relationship because the US ships a lot of nitrogen based fertilizers to y'all. Okay? But talking about fertilizer and what's going on in the Black Sea, Russia, Belarus, also some top exporters of potash. And because fertilizer is a global commodity y'all also are experiencing some high input prices including fertilizers, even though you grow it yourself. We do a good bit of research on fertilizer prices. A lot of it is tied to the price of natural gas. There is some correlation there. And unfortunately, even though fertilizer prices have softened from those high levels that we were seeing a year ago, that the increase has started about a year ago we're we are not expecting prices to return to where they were two years ago, right? But remember two years ago we had lower commodity prices as well. So unfortunately on the input side, while we have seen some easing of these fertilizer values, we don't think that we're going to return to that market that, that we were in a couple years ago for fertilizer prices. Rejeana Gvillo (17:03): I know inflation has been a top topic across the world, not just in North America, and y'all's inflation rates are up. They did come down month over month in the, the latest report. But we know that we are facing a, an a high inflation situation here across, again, across the globe. It's not just Canada, it's not just the us Many countries are facing high inflation and your interest rates of course going up as well. We, we've had some discussions about that this week already yesterday and I think some today as well. This makes buying land and buying equipment, it makes everything more expensive. And, you know, we don't see these interest rates falling anytime soon. The US is expected to increase again, at least the Fed is expected to increase. Again, Canada may be increasing again as well, but the hikes may not be quite as quite as high, but I suspect that we're gonna be in this relatively high interest rate environment for, for some time. Rejeana Gvillo (18:04): All right, the global market, again, as we discussed, Australia has had some untimely rains the past week or so. It did improve. They were able to harvest some, most of this ends southeastern Australia, so we're talking New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, those areas, it has improved. But just, just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with in Australia, Australia counts for about 20% of global canola exports. They call their crop canola. They account for about 19% of global barley exports and 9% of global wheat exports. So they are a direct competitor with Canada for rapeseed or canola and barley. Now Australia still is at war with China. Barley is a target there. So that high tariff is still in place. We do think China will continue to come to Canada for barley, although our exports to China so far are down substantially from last year at this time. Rejeana Gvillo (18:59): We do think that China will come back. Australia has had harvest delays. I don't think it's really impacted global trade situation much. Western Australia is a top producer and they didn't of, of these commodities and they didn't have the weather issues that Southeastern Australia did have. What it has done though, is it's created some big discrepancies in their prices domestically as well as export prices. We know for especially the southeastern areas, they're gonna have a lot more feed wheat than they normally do. A lot of that will be going to Southeast Asia. That's Australia's top market anyway. Some of it will go to feed markets. Higher quality of course will go to noodles, but we think that Australia's gonna have a, an exceptionally large portion of their wheat crop that that's going to be feed wheat quality instead of food grade quality. Rejeana Gvillo (19:48): I, so again, for white wheat producers, not many in Canada should be some opportunities for the rest of the crop here. The Black Sea, this has been a huge topic and a co my colleague Kevin and I, we did a big report on the Black Sea situation six months from where it was in February. So we, I think it was released last month or so. So if you're interested in kind of seeing a big picture of what's going on there, I encourage you to check that out. But basically they're just not shipping the wheat or the corn or the barley that they need to be shipping. So Ukraine is the chart on the, my left, hopefully your left Russia the chart on the right and Russia's exports have improved, you know, 4 million tons are so a month, that's great, but we need more out of Russia, okay? Rejeana Gvillo (20:31): And so what we're seeing is that globally global wheat trade overall is down, not much, but it's down some from last year. And some of your top importers who do rely heavily on Ukraine and Russia just don't have the weed imports they normally would have this time of the year. So we're still waiting on these countries to come to other countries for, for wheat, the US and Canada being those of course most of the wheat coming outta Ukraine and Russia, not exactly a substitute for Canadian weed and vice versa. But we're just not seeing the interest yet particularly in the us and that's important to y'all because of Kansas City. Kansas City futures do tend to trade very very in tune with what's going on in the US hardwood winter week market. And one of the reasons that we've lost some steam in that market is because we are just not getting that export business that we thought would come to us based on what's going on in the Black Sea. Rejeana Gvillo (21:24): Russia, as you can see seasonally. So that black line is the five year average. Usually their weed exports peak right after harvest. Okay? They, their wheat mostly is winter weed. About two thirds is winter weed, about a third of spring. So exports normally are peaky and a couple months ago they tend to shut down more or less, or at least move a lot slower in the winter like y'all do. Okay? And so what we're gonna have to see outta Russia for the rest of the crop year is exceptionally high exports. We're gonna, you know, high relative to what they normally would ship this time of year, and we're just not confident that's gonna happen. So we're not sitting here and saying that wheat prices are gonna just take off from where they are today. There's a ton of volatility in that market and it's going to remain, right? They're, these markets are going to remain volatile for the next several months. I know we're up substantially again today, and we were down, I got lots of phone calls Monday while I was on an airplane. <Laugh> asking me why wheat prices were down so much. I, you know, I don't know Putin, what did he do? They're up today. So, so it's, it's all good. All goods in the world. This, these markets will remain volatile. Rejeana Gvillo (22:33): Old crop futures okay, are close to being fairly valued. All right? So I don't think winter wheated and spring, so I don't think we're gonna sit here and get a massive boost in any of these markets for old crop. What I will encourage you to do is to look closely at new crop values and consider making some sales because given these input prices and what we think is happening or did happen with the US and winter wheated acres, we're probably going to see a, a boost in North American wheated acres next year, including spring wheat. And we do think that Minneapolis is gonna come off the levels that it is trading at today for new crop versus new crop. So just keep that in mind. We communicate that with the team. But preparing for next year, I think that's something to to remember, global exports to date. Rejeana Gvillo (23:24): I touched on this with wheat and I just wanted to show you the canola or the rape seed chart. So the big exporters of canola us you know, Canada, Australia, Ukraine also exports it. Most of Ukraine's goes to the eu, but global exports of rape, seeded, or canola are down substantially to date. And most of that, I don't want you to look at this, this chart and get concerned about demand, okay? Cuz sometimes you'll, you'll be shown charts by various people in the industry and like, look, look, demand is bad. Look at trade. No, no trade is down because y'all's harvest in 21 was so light that you weren't exporting, okay? This chart goes through August of 22, which was before you harvested this year's crop. So demand is still good for canola and rapey. Global exports to date are, are down because of what's going on in Ukraine. And because y'all had such a light harvest, we're gonna look at this chart next year at this time it'll be a completely different story demand overall, again for canola we're not concerned about that. Australia does have a pretty big crop, so they will, they they're going to remain a, a competitor for the next 12 months at least. Rejeana Gvillo (24:32): So 23, this chart shows your acreage changes from 21 to 22. Okay? Red is lower, green is higher. So what did y'all increase last year? Y'all increased wheat acres, you increased oat acres, you increased corn acres, which of course, you know, not grown everywhere across the prairies. Small, small small corn acres there, but you cut back on canola, barley and peas. Now given that overall we are expecting a similar environment during the planning decision window, right? When you're thinking about penciling or when you're penciling in your crops, your decisions for next year, we don't look for a lot of changes versus where we were last year. Okay? So we are expecting overall similar patterns for barley, you know, the Australian producer, we were able to kind of figure out what they were gonna do because they followed y'all's footsteps, right? Rejeana Gvillo (25:30): They, they cut back on barley area, they increased weed area and canola area wasn't changed too much. And y'all gave us some insight on onto that. We think that we're gonna see a similar pattern again this year that y'all are gonna cut back on Barley area. It's, it's a, it's a little expensive. You're probably gonna cut back on oat area just because prices are so bad. We don't think that we're by any means buying an oat area at these prices. But we do think that we're gonna have an increase in wheat area, maybe not of this magnitude, but we may have another year of a increases in wheat area. So we put all that together when we think about canola. So canola next year, what are we gonna do? What's our marketing plan? I would say acres in Canada at this point we're expecting flat to lower given where prices are. Rejeana Gvillo (26:20): And overall not a big shift in prices. Okay? We'd have to get a pretty big cutback I think in canola area before we saw prices move a lot higher. I think canola futures in the 800 900 US dollar range. I know that's a wide range, but eight 50 plus or minus, I think they're about fair value given the global situation that we're facing today. So not a lot of upside potential without a production disaster, which at this point we're gonna be keeping our eyes on Ukraine. Most of their rape seed crop is planted in the winter. They're occupied right now, at least parts of the country is occupied. We suspect area is gonna be down for their winter crop. So barley, which is about 40% winter rape seed all winter, and then wheat, which is about 95 or so percent winter, those should all be down. Rejeana Gvillo (27:06): So that's gonna be a plus for y'all's barley, also for your canola moving forward. However we don't look for a massive boost in prices. Part of that tied to the big crop that we're ex the big bean crop we're expecting out of Brazil for wheat, we look for higher acres as I mentioned. And we do think this is going to pressure prices. We expect higher winter wheat acres in the us we will be conducting an acreage poll on that. So stay tuned and forgiven what that poll tells us. We will then of course share that with y'all and any market insights or steps we think you should take for that. But we do think acres will be higher winter wheat and spring in North America. So we are <laugh>, we are encouraging you. We're looking at securing some 23 sales already. Rejeana Gvillo (27:54): I don't know how many of you can lock in bases, but I know we've been communicating that with with our clients Durham area probably also higher. So I think it's gonna be hard to really get excited about that market moving forward. And remember if it's profitable for you, it's profitably profitable for everybody else in a northern hemisphere and possibly the southern hemisphere. So we're not the only people who are facing these prices and facing these input costs. So that's always something to keep in mind. Barley, lower again, higher input costs. We think we're gonna cut back again in Canada. We think we lost some area in Ukraine. So that'll be a plus. And then oats, just given where prices are today, we think that y'all are gonna cut back on acres, which hopefully will result in some higher prices this time next year, hopefully next year. This time we said bam, oat prices are great. We knew this, we knew this was coming <laugh>. All right, so with that we'll open it up for questions Rejeana Gvillo (28:55): Out of wheat into canola. I, so we're looking at the pattern that y'all did last year and that also that we saw in Australia. And input prices haven't shifted that much and wheat prices have come off. Now your cash price of course is different than, than the futures prices that we're looking at to determine this, but it's just looking at that, I think that, that we'll just see a, a bit more of a, a pullback in canola just on the input cost in general. But you know, we'll see where we are in six months. Do you think it'll be the opposite that will actually bring in canola area, are they? Yes. Yeah. Now you'll just come down to what pencils in best for for each farmer. So anybody else? I know Daniel's got a question. Callie Luck (29:44): <Laugh> Rejeana Gvillo (29:45): <Laugh>, you've been asking me questions all day. <Laugh>. Speaker 3 (29:51): So on your, so on your canola you're on the export side, the crushes are making really good bang now. So there's lots of seed that's gonna end up going there, but it's not gonna be able to hit the export mark market probably. So with that and with the drawing cart of it, it'll be interesting to see how the canola actually plays out from an ROI perspective and cutting back acres and whatnot. But with, you had mentioned about the, the peas in the lentil market, there's a hesitancy, it looks like that if you can make good bank on wheat and canola, why are they gonna see peas and lentils? Like what's your feeling on what's gonna happen with those acres? Callie Luck (30:41): Honestly, with that I would say I don't want to answer that for sure. I'd have to look into it. We have another specialist who we talked to about acres. But in general for P acres, I was gonna say we are thinking like similar acreage right now in the specialty crop pending next year with flax ballooning we could see those acres going down cuz we think there's gonna be carryover. Peas will be dependent on China too, right? So if they reenter this market or things change with their covid policy, then that could encourage acres. So we'll have to wait and see. It'll be more dependent too on what happens with like India as well for specialty crops. So that'll be something that will look a little later on and we'll have a better idea of it usually kind of into that like February march window we have a better idea of what happens and that's generally when buyers come back into the market. Callie Luck (31:34): So we'll see if we can see with red lentils especially like they haven't obviously been harvested yet in Australian stuff, so we're gonna see what happens with that. They do have a large crop and then a couple other places where they grow it. So we'll be waiting to see what happens with that. But so far our estimates from what we're seeing are fairly like flat for specialty crops. Otherwise, other than I would say like flax and then we do some other stuff with like canary seed and rye and that sort of thing too. So yeah. Anyone else have any questions? I know has anyone started thinking about 2022 yet? Have you guys made any sales? 23. Oh yeah, 23. 23. Has anyone made any sales? Oh yeah, Speaker 3 (32:18): Sorry, I was just gonna ask, the grain that's come been not coming out of Ukraine and Russia, you know like their exports are way down, but I'm assuming that's grain that's sitting there. How long can that grain sit before? Yeah, it's not really good anymore. And has that been factored into the market at all? That grain goes outta shape Rejeana Gvillo (32:37): Basically. So we need to think about a couple things. First, quality expectations from our viewpoint are gonna be different than quality expectations from other countries viewpoints, right? They're not gonna be quite the same. I think that gives Russia especially given the countries that tends to ship to a little bit larger window of potential spoilage than it would a US or a Canadian exporter shipping to Japan. Okay? however, Russia has had a wheat crop, not they're, some people are saying it's a hundred million tons, whatever, it's big 95 to 105, we don't know. They've had a very large wheat crop before it's been in the high eighties before I think it's been like 88 maybe. And so we know that they have some storage capacity for this. So it's not like they're sitting here in a situation that they've necessarily don't have any handle on at all. Rejeana Gvillo (33:33): Their storage capacity is probably maxed out. So I do suspect we'll have some spoilage. I'm not expecting that the spoilage to be enough to alter the situation that they're gonna have a lot of stocks left over from this crop. I think they'll still be able to ship it out. Remember China feeds wheated and we know how old the China's wheat stocks are, right? Sometimes they tell us that they're dust and again, Russia is shipping typically to poorer countries who I think will be okay with some quality deterioration overall. So I don't think it's gonna turn into something that will be a price advantage to us later, at least not in the next 12 months. Now if we're in the situation again post this next harvest, then yes I think that we'll be starting to enter into some dangerous territory. But I don't think that that's gonna impact us yet. Callie Luck (34:24): No. And where quality comes from, we obviously grow a lot of high protein, wheat, good milling quality. So with Australia getting rain, they typically sell a lot of mill quality wheat. So the rains over there are impacting that quality. But like she talked about with wheat over in Russia and Ukraine, we've even seen ships that were holding commodities move to different destinations cuz some countries wouldn't accept it, right? But it will find a home we just might not be where they thought. Rejeana Gvillo (34:56): To three months, yes, yes I can and we write about it usually on Fridays. LA Nina has been apparent for quite some time for an extended period. It is supposed to dissipate into the first few months in calendar year 23. So it's impacting right now the growing season primarily in Australia. That's one reason why they're so wet and why they have had record production seasons, I think three years in running. And then the opposite of course is the case for Brazil and Argentina where we have been seeing some dry weather. So at this point Argentina is dry, it needs water, there is no rain in the forecast. So we haven't started cutting back the corn and bean yield yet from Argentina, but I suspect that will be coming soon. Argentina is about half done planting its early corn crop and probably about 25 to 30% or so planted on bean crop. Rejeana Gvillo (35:52): So there's still time for those crops to improve, but the forecast is coming for La Ninaya to expand into the first few months of 23. So we should, we are expecting at this point losses for Argentina for corn and beans. We wrote an article on that on the intel page that talks about La Nina versus El Nino Nino versus neutral years and the what happens to corn and bean yields in Argentina and Brazil. So if you do have interest in that I encourage you to look at it right about a month ago. Anything else? All right, Callie Luck (36:28): I was just gonna add one more thing I would say for you guys, like Regina talked about our lookout, our lookout for next year for crops, if you're comfortable getting some sales on make those sales. But we also kind of are a full encompassed service. We do risk management as well, so there's always options if you're worried about production or something, we have hedging options where you can secure kind of a price floor and still participate in the market. So you can do that without delivery or you can deliver grain or commit to delivery and then still participate in the market as well. So very important to take, you know, to manage the risk on your farm and every plan is individual based on your needs. So come check us out at our booth and we can kind of talk about your farm and what your needs are. Yeah, thanks for having Rejeana Gvillo (37:14): Us. Thank you. Copyright © 2015 - 2023 Farmer's Business Network Canada, Inc. All rights reserved. The sprout logo, "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. or its affiliates. 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[FBN Members: Click here to access the November 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report ] [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link above and create a free FBN account to unlock the report.] On October 12, 2022, the USDA released their most recent Crop Production report. Based on initial survey-based U.S. corn and soybean yields, their results forecast U.S. corn yield to be 171.9 bushels and 49.8 bushels for soybeans. FBN®’s forecast was higher at 173 bushels per acre for corn but slightly lower for soybean bushels at 49.7.  This is down compared to 2021 yields of 177.0 bushels of corn 51.4 bushels of soybeans.  The USDA’s next report is slated for November 9, 2022 and will be the final report for the calendar year with next year’s yield estimates to be released on January 12, 2023.  Will yield increase or decrease compared to last month’s estimations? Click here to unlock the FBN Research team’s predictions in our latest report, free for FBN members .  [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link and create a new member account to access the report.] FBN yield forecasting The FBN Research team has been processing and analyzing data since the combines started rolling this season. We have collected 3,816 farm yield observations for corn and 1,954 for soybeans. We anticipate that data collection is close to or slightly above the halfway mark.  In our latest report, FBN will continue to predict both U.S. corn and soybean yield ahead of USDA’s report. We will also look at how FBN’s forecasts have historically presented low yield errors compared to other published predictions.  Unlock the Report Find out more by signing up to become an FBN member and downloading the November 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report. By becoming an FBN member , you'll join a global network of farmers — 48,000+ strong and growing — who are already taking advantage of the opportunity to reduce their production costs and maximize the value of their crops.  You’ll also have access to unique insight from experts in the latest FBN Research publication for free in the Reports section of the FBN app. FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer : Commodity trading, including futures, hedging and speculating, involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors.  All information, publications, and reports, including this specific material, used and distributed by FBN BR LLC shall be construed as a solicitation. The information and data provided comes from sources believed to be reliable but FBN BR LLC does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.  FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

As the war in Russia-Ukraine continues to rage after six long months, agriculture and grain markets across the globe have been massively disrupted. As commodity prices, grain exports, fertilizer exports and energy prices rise, it has quickly become a concern for farmers around the world.  [How will the conflict affect growers in North America and around the world? Unlock the free report today.] When we released the FBN® Special Report: State of Agriculture 2022 , we found that exports from Russia-Ukraine were estimated at a valuation of $13.8 billion. Here’s how those exports broke down for 2021 29% of global wheat exports 32% of barley exports 19% of rapeseed exports 17% of corn exports For this report, our experts have analyzed and collected data over the past six months of war between Russia and Ukraine. Taking this data into account, the report will look at the impacts on agricultural trade, markets and global food security. Farmer summary Grain exports from Ukraine and Russia remain well off historical norms, impacting some of the world’s poorest countries, though shipments have improved. Ukraine’s harvest slipped versus last year’s record, but Russia has a massive crop. Disruptions to fall seeding (for winter wheat, barley and rapeseed) are inevitable — especially for Ukraine — raising concerns about harvest potential for 2023. High input prices still exist today with limited hope of a major break in the future. Grain futures have continued their volatile movements, with the slightest developments on the trade and production fronts in the Black Sea sparking sharp swings in prices. [Learn more about the agricultural impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian war in our recent FBN Research report. Unlock the free report today.] What it means for the farmer U.S. producers have and will likely continue to see high input prices into the 2023 planting season. While fertilizer prices have eased, it’s unlikely to see a return to pre-fall 2021 prices. But the good news is feed grain prices may be stable for a while.  And while U.S. commodities are not attractively priced for importing countries to pay premiums for American wheat, corn and soybeans, that is expected to ease as the U.S. harvest season progresses and buyers return to the U.S. market.  Unlock the free report Get insights from FBN experts in the latest FBN Research publication. Get your free copy today .  Members can access this report and more in the Reports section of the FBN app. FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer : Commodity trading, including futures, hedging and speculating, involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors.  All information, publications, and reports, including this specific material, used and distributed by FBN BR LLC shall be construed as a solicitation. The information and data provided comes from sources believed to be reliable but FBN BR LLC does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.  FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

[FBN Members: Click here to access the October 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report ] [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link above and create a free FBN account to unlock the report.] On September 12, 2022, the USDA released their most recent Crop Production report. Based on initial survey-based U.S. corn and soybean yields, their results forecast U.S. corn yield to be 172.5 bushels and 50.5 bushels for soybeans. This is down compared to 2021 yields of 177.0 bushels of corn 51.4 bushels of soybeans.  FBN®’s model-based yield forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans published in September was at a more conservative 169.5 bushels for corn and 50.6 for soybeans.  With widespread losses in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska, only Illinois is showing substantially better than expected yields so far. Corn yield observations from FBN members show few signs that USDA corn yields will need to be adjusted higher in coming reports Ahead of the USDA’s next report, which will be released on October 12, 2022, FBN is once again looking at its own models to forecast corn and soybean yield.  Will yield increase or decrease compared to last month’s estimations? Click here to unlock the FBN Research team’s predictions in our latest report, free for FBN members . [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link and create a new member account to access the report.] FBN® yield forecasting As the 2022 crop season comes to an end, FBN’s model-based yield estimate will shift to actual field observations as more data comes in from members.  In our latest report, FBN will continue to predict both U.S. corn and soybean yield ahead of USDA’s report. We will also look at how FBN’s forecasts have historically presented low yield errors compared to other published predictions.  Unlock the report Find out more by signing up to become an FBN member and downloading the October 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report. By becoming an FBN member , you'll join a global network of farmers — 43,000+ strong and growing — who are already taking advantage of the opportunity to reduce their production costs and maximize the value of their crops.  You’ll also have access to unique insight from experts in the latest FBN Research publication for free in the Reports section of the FBN app. FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer : Commodity trading, including futures, hedging and speculating, involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors.  All information, publications, and reports, including this specific material, used and distributed by FBN BR LLC shall be construed as a solicitation. The information and data provided comes from sources believed to be reliable but FBN BR LLC does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.  FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

[FBN Members: Click here to access the September 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report ] [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link above and create a free FBN account to unlock the report.] The USDA released their most recent Crop Production report on August 12, 2022, based on initial survey-based U.S. corn and soybean yields. Their results forecast U.S. corn yield to be 175.4 bushels and 51.9 bushels for soybeans (1).  However, based on futures values and some trade estimates, market sentiment is that the USDA’s August corn yield estimate is too large.  FBN®’s model-based yield forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans published in August was at a more conservative 170.0 bushels for corn and 50.7 for soybeans. Yields in Iowa and Nebraska are expected to be significantly below the strong yields seen in 2021. Ahead of the USDA’s next report, which will be released on September 12, 2022, FBN is once again looking at its own models to forecast corn and soybean yield.  Will yield increase or decrease compared to last month’s estimations? Click here to unlock the FBN Research team’s predictions in our latest report, free for FBN members . [Not an FBN member yet? Click the link and create a new member account to access the report.] FBN yield forecasting FBN has produced corn and soybean yield forecasts at the national, state and county levels since 2019. Having seen success in predicting yields relative to others in the industry, our empirical yield models are continuously updated with new information throughout the growing season based on: Growing conditions Crop development and health Weather readings and satellite imagery As the season progresses from late June to early October, the models generate yield predictions as new data and information becomes available.  Analyzing FBN’s success In our latest report, FBN will continue to predict both U.S. corn and soybean yield ahead of USDA’s report. But we will also look at how FBN’s forecasts have historically presented low yield errors compared to other published predictions.  Unlock the report Find out more by signing up to become an FBN member and downloading the September 2022 U.S. Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts Report. By becoming an FBN member , you'll join a global network of farmers — 43,000+ strong and growing — who are already taking advantage of the opportunity to reduce their production costs and maximize the value of their crops.  You’ll also have access to unique insight from experts in the latest FBN Research publication for free in the Reports section of the FBN app. Source: 1. USDA Crop Production Report, August 12, 2022 FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer: The views and opinions are solely those of the author as of the date of publication, are subject to change at any time due to market or economic conditions, will not be updated or supplemented after the date hereof and may not necessarily come to pass. The views and opinions expressed herein do not reflect those of all personnel at FBN BR LLC (FBN) or the views of the Farmer's Business Network Inc. as a whole. FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Any charts and graphs provided are for illustrative purposes only. Any performance quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Commodity trading involves risks, including the possible loss of principal. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

The 2022 growing season has seen U.S. farmers facing many critical challenges with late planting, record-setting heat, persistent drought and regionalized flooding. The result has led to sub-par growing conditions in many key growing regions.  USDA will release their first survey on U.S. corn and soybean yield potential in their Crop Production report on August 12, 2022.  Since 2019, FBN® has been closely monitoring state and county corn and soybean yield forecasts. And with the USDA set to release their first survey on U.S. corn and soybean yield potential, what does FBN forecast? FBN’s forecast for corn and soybean yield potential According to a survey of analysts, on average they expect the U.S. corn yield to be 175.9 bushels per acre, and soybeans are pegged at 51.1 bushels per acre. (1) In 2021, U.S. corn yields were record high at 177.0 bushels per acre, and the U.S. soybean yield in 2021 was 51.4. For the 2022 crop cycle, FBN’s corn and soybean yield forecasts have been declining in tandem with deteriorating crop conditions as reported by USDA. (2) Drought and extreme heat have been a persistent problem over the Southern and Central Plains this growing season, and at times brought unfavorable growing conditions into Western Iowa, Eastern South Dakota and Southern Minnesota.  Weather forecasts for the balance of August show heat and dryness likely to remain, which will challenge crop yield potential in these key growing areas. What this means for the crop year The margin of error for corn and soybean yield forecasts should decline among firms as harvest season approaches. This has been a crop year that continues to have problems pop up - hot and dry weather, significantly delayed planting, localized flooding. Regardless of USDA’s Friday yields, we expect the final corn yield to fall short of the current expectations by the market. Become a member today Become an FBN member today and join a global network of farmers — 43,000+ strong and growing — who are already taking advantage of the opportunity to reduce their cost of production and maximize the value of their crops.  As an FBN member, get insight from experts in the latest FBN Research publication for free in the Reports section of the FBN app. Sources: Survey conducted by Reuters and released on August 8, 2022. USDA Crop Progress reports for 2022 FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer: The views and opinions are solely those of the author as of the date of publication, are subject to change at any time due to market or economic conditions, will not be updated or supplemented after the date hereof and may not necessarily come to pass. The views and opinions expressed herein do not reflect those of all personnel at FBN BR LLC (FBN) or the views of the Farmer's Business Network Inc. as a whole. FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Any charts and graphs provided are for illustrative purposes only. Any performance quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Commodity trading involves risks, including the possible loss of principal. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All rights Reserved. "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

August 2 update Much needed rains fell across portions of the region over the past two weeks, although the rains were widely scattered.  Extremely hot temperatures enveloped most of the region as well, stressing thirsty crops. Diana DeHart is your Market Advisor Regional Representative serving members in the Western Farm Belt, West and Southwestern United States - Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. Click here to download Diana’s virtual business card. On July 24 I traveled from KC, MO north to St. Paul, MN via I-35. Crop conditions looked relatively good along the way, with a few small pockets of slight dryness in several counties near south/central Iowa. Temps along this route were warm, but not excessive, and crops were green and making up for lost time from late plantings.  I traveled from KC, MO to Ft. Smith, AR on July 29; from there, on to College Station, TX. Conditions got visibly dryer as I traveled south of KC into northern AR. Many of the cattlemen in Western Arkansas have begun liquidating their herds as dryness has increased recently. There were some scattered showers in the western parts of Arkansas and eastern Texas this past weekend, but nothing widespread or significant enough to relieve drought issues.  This week I am attending the Texas A&M Beef Short Course in College Station. The biggest topic of the  program was the drought and how to manage the operation in spite of it, along with higher input costs. Weather outlooks do not look promising, according to some meteorologists, and their view of an intact La Niña system. If you haven’t explored what PRF (Pasture, Range & Forage) or LRP (Livestock Risk Protection) can do for you and your livestock operation, please give one of our Insurance Agents a call.  Learn how these government subsidized programs, or utilizing a brokerage account for hedging, can help protect your bottom line and your operation. Below are recent soybean and corn yields estimates from FBN®. Upcoming events Check out these upcoming events in our region.  For more details click here. July 21 Update  Wheat harvest is wrapping up in most areas in my region and, for the most part, quality has been very good for both Hard and Soft Wheat this year. Yields have varied depending on location. Soft wheat areas have seen average to slightly above average yields while Hard wheat areas were all mostly below average yields with some fields a total loss due to drought conditions.   Corn and soybean conditions are a mixed bag in this region as well. Crops in most of Iowa, parts of Nebraska and Northwest Missouri look really good. Although slightly behind average, they have had good amounts of moisture and plenty of GDUs that have helped the crops gain in maturity given some of the late planting dates. Conditions deteriorate as we move south and west, however. Even in Missouri where NW MO crops look great, we only have to travel a few hours east or south to find drought-stressed crops in need of a drink and some cooler temps.  Traveling south and west through Kansas we see the same situation, dryland crops under stress (dead in some areas) and even irrigated crops struggling to keep up with the 100+ degree days and too warm of temps at night. Currently the grain market is taking the attitude that the “I” states are improving enough that they will offset losses from states like Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Time will tell if that is the case, but many years we won’t see the market accept anything below the USDA estimated yield until after the harvest is in the bins and the bin doors are shut in the fall.   The drought in parts of this region is not only impacting crop production, but also livestock production. As the southwest is salvaging severely drought stricken corn where possible for forage/feed use, we have seen a great number of cattle sold this summer due to lack of grass/feed. Part of what we do as market advisors/brokers is talk with producers regarding their livestock, especially cattle, and how they manage price volatility in the cattle market. In addition to, or instead of using futures and options, FBN can work with livestock growers to protect prices using the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) policy. This is a federally-subsidized insurance program used to lock in a floor price for your cattle and protect against a price decline in the marketplace. Producers need flexibility while being proactive in managing their price risk and LRP offers that opportunity. FBN has Crop Insurance agents licensed to write LRP policies. If you would like to learn more about this product and how to manage your risk, contact your local market advisor who can get you in touch with one of our experienced FBN Crop insurance agents. Hit and miss rains have led to varying drought indications throughout the country. It's no surprise crop health throughout the region is varying so much. The below NASA Grace map provides a great visual of soil moisture inconsistencies throughout the country (white indicated normal soil moistures levels during this time of the year with colors on the red spectrum indicating drought level and blue spectrum indicating elevated soil moisture levels). Source: NASA , https://nasagrace.unl.edu/   Upcoming events Check out these upcoming events in our region.  For more details click here. Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association - Norman, OK, July 22-23 Arkansas Cattlemen's Association - Hot Springs, AR, July 28-30 Texas A&M Beef Short Course - College Station, TX, August 1-3 Coming County Fair (stop by our booth!) - West Point, NE, August 11-14 Community Builder events in the following locations: Fort Dodge, IA, July 12 Huxley, IA, July 13 Keystone, IA, July 14 Anita, IA, July 19 Independence, IA, July 20 Monticello, IA, July 28 Perry, IA, August 4 Marshalltown, IA, August 9 Grinnell, IA, August 10 FBN Market Advisory services are offered by FBN BR LLC, dba FBN Brokerage, FBN BR and FBN Market Advisory - NFA ID: 0508695 Disclaimer: The views and opinions are solely those of the author as of the date of publication, are subject to change at any time due to market or economic conditions, will not be updated or supplemented after the date hereof and may not necessarily come to pass. The views and opinions expressed herein do not reflect those of all personnel at FBN BR LLC (FBN) or the views of the Farmer's Business Network Inc. as a whole. FBN makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to this content. Any charts and graphs provided are for illustrative purposes only. Any performance quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All investments involve risks, including the possible loss of principal. Commodity trading, including futures, hedging and speculating, involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for everyone. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. All information, publications, and reports, including this specific material, used and distributed by FBN BR LLC shall be construed as a solicitation. The information and data provided comes from sources believed to be reliable but FBN BR LLC does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.  We are an Equal Opportunity Provider. FBN Crop Insurance services are offered by FBN Insurance LLC (dba FBN Insurance Solutions Services LLC in Texas, and FBN Insurance Solutions LLC in California and Michigan) and are only available where FBN Insurance LLC is licensed. FBN membership is not required to purchase through FBN Insurance LLC, but certain features are only available to FBN members. FBN Crop Insurance is currently offered in all U.S. states except MA and the District of Columbia. Copyright © 2014-2022 Farmer's Business Network, Inc. The sprout logo, "Farmers Business Network," "FBN," and "Farmers First" are registered trademarks of Farmer's Business Network, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.