The United States Department of Agriculture released its May 2026 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report yesterday, one of the most closely watched monthly publications in global agriculture. Released as WASDE-671, this edition carries added significance as it delivers USDA’s first official supply and demand projections for the 2026/27 marketing year across nearly every major commodity. For California growers, the numbers across corn, wheat, soybeans, cotton, rice, and livestock carry real implications for input costs, export demand, and... Read More
Key Numbers at a Glance Forecasted Production: 2.70 billion pounds (shelled basis) — down 1% from 2025 Bearing Acreage: 1,390,000 acres — down 1% from 2025 Forecasted Yield: 1,940 lbs/acre — unchanged from 2025 The Opening Number Is Out The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service released its 2026 California Almond Subjective Forecast today, putting the season’s opening production estimate at 2.70 billion pounds on a shelled basis, a 1 percent decline from last year’s final production figure of 2.715 billion... Read More
