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Corn: Recommended Data

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Feed Grains Database is a queryable database that contains monthly, quarterly, and annual data on prices, supply, and use of corn and other feed grains. This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously published as part of the annual Feed Yearbook.

Corn Production Costs and Returns data and analyses are available at regional and national levels back to 1975.

Season-Average Price Forecasts provides three Excel spreadsheet models that use futures prices to forecast the U.S. season-average price and counter-cyclical payment rate for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Users can view the model forecasts or create their own forecast by inserting different values for futures prices, basis values, or marketing weights.

Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products was compiled to provide conversion factors for use in USDA statistical, research, and service programs. Several of the conversion factors and values shown in this 1992 handbook can be applied to many commodities, while others relate to specific commodities or products.

Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) provides U.S. agricultural exports and imports, volume and value, by country, by commodity, and by calendar year, fiscal year, and month, for varying periods, such as 1935 to the present or 1989 to the present. Updated monthly or annually.

Production, Supply, and Distribution (PS&D) contains official USDA data on production, supply, and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and major importing and exporting countries. The database provides projections for the coming year and historical data for more than 200 countries and major crop, livestock, fishery, and forest products.

WTO Agricultural Trade Policy Commitments Database contains data on implementation of trade policy commitments by WTO member countries. ata on domestic support, export subsidies, and tariffs are organized for comparison across countries. This queriable database offers various options for viewing and downloading data.

 

For more information, contact: Allen Baker or Heather Lutman

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: February 18, 2009