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USDA Boost Global Wheat Stocks To Record High

Today's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report bumps up global wheat stocks while reducing expected corn and oilseed numbers.

The wheat ending stocks are raised 2 point 2 million tons to a record 232 million tons.

That's 9 per cent larger than the previous stocks record set for the 2014-15 growing year.

Global corn ending stocks are reduced by 2 point 9 million tons to 208 point 9 million, which would still be a record.

The USDA says more than half of those stocks are held in China.

And global oilseed stocks have been reduced 4 point 2 million tons from the December forecast.

The USDA bases that on reduced soybean stocks in the U-S, Argentina and China and reduced canola stocks in Canada.

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