OCE Release #3-2002
Raymond L. Bridge (202) 720-5447
rbridge@oce.usda.gov
                                           
MEDIA ADVISORY:  RELEASE DATES FOR WASDE REPORT IN
2003

      WASHINGTON, Sept. 17--The World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report will be
released 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the following dates
in 2003:  Jan. 10, Feb. 11, Mar. 11, Apr. 10, May 12,
June 11, July 11, Aug. 12, Sep. 11, Oct.10, Nov. 12,
Dec. 11.
      Release dates coincide with release of the Crop
Production report by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service.
      The WASDE report, which forecasts U.S. and world
supply and use for major commodities, is issued by the
World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) of USDA's
Office of the Chief Economist.  The report is posted
on the Internet shortly after release.  It can be
accessed on the WAOB home page at: 
http://www.usda.gov/oce/waob/wasde/wasde.htm, and on
the USDA Economics and Statistics System at: 
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu.  Free delivery by
electronic mail is also available from the Cornell
site.  For more information call 202-720-5447.
      To subscribe to the WASDE report in print, call
1-800-999-6779, or write ERS-NASS, 5285 Port Royal
road, Springfield, VA 22161.
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