OILSEED, CORN & WHEAT OUTLOOK: 2016/17 Jonn Slette Senior Attache United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service Presented for GLOBAL GRAIN, FOOD & FEED 2016 (G2F2)
Sluggish Global Economic Growth Macro-Economic Indicators
Sluggish Global Economic Growth Strengthening Dollar Macro-Economic Indicators
Sluggish Global Economic Growth Strengthening Dollar Lower Petroleum Price Continued Burdensome Stock Levels
Macro-Economic Indicators Sluggish Global Economic Growth Strengthening Dollar Low Petroleum Price Continued Burdensome Stock Levels Agricultural Commodity Prices Falling in General
Meat Demand Growth Focused in Developing Countries Source: USDA Production, Supply & Distribution Database
… which leads to rising feed demand Source: USDA Production, Supply & Distribution Database
Area of feed crop expanding much faster than food crop Source: USDA Production, Supply & Distribution Database South America leads in soybean area increase, while corn acreage surpasses rice in East Asia
Yet, production shortfall of feed ingredients projected to deepen in developing countries… …which will have to increasingly rely on imports Source: OECD-FAO Outlook, 2015
Production Trend to Slow in 2016
Global Consumption to Trend Higher
Stock Building to End in 2016
China, ROW are Global Growth Markets
Corn Global Production and Consumption About in Balance
Corn Global Ending Stocks are Large; China Accounts for Half; U.S. at 29-year High
Large Stocks Pressure Corn Prices
Global Wheat Production Exceeds Consumption MMT
Wheat Prices Under Pressure by Large Supplies $/MT FOB
Wild Cards Policies Argentina Russia China Southern Hemisphere Production Argentina Australia Wheat Brazil Argentina Corn and oilseed