OCE Release #2-2001
Raymond L. Bridge, 202-720-5447
rbridge@oce.usda.gov
                                                  
ADVISORY ON THE MAY 10 SUPPLY AND DEMAND  ESTIMATES  REPORT

     Washington, May 4--The May 10 World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report will provide
USDA's first assessment of supply, demand, and prices for
the coming year.  The WASDE report is issued by the World
Agricultural Outlook Board of USDA's Office of the Chief
Economist.
     The May 10 issue will present USDA's first
projections for marketing year 2001/2002 for grains,
oilseeds, and cotton.  In addition to U.S., foreign, and
world supply and demand estimates for these crops, the May
issue will include foreign country projections for wheat,
coarse grains, and corn.  For rice, soybeans and products,
and cotton, 2001/2002 foreign country projections will
commence with the July 11 issue.  The May 10 report also
will include the first 2001/2002 projections for U.S. sugar
and U.S. milk supply and use, and calendar-year 2002
projections for U.S. meat and poultry products.  All table
formats and the order of tables will be the same as those
in May 2000 issue.
     NOTE:  Supply and demand projections in the May 10
report will incorporate historical revisions of USDA's
estimates of domestic grain consumption and stocks for
China.  A discussion of the revisions and a comparison of
old and new estimates will be presented at the end of the
report.
     The WASDE report is available electronically in Adobe
Acrobat format as well as in ASCII text.  To access the
report from the USDA home page (www.usda.gov), click on
Newsroom, Agency Reports/Calendar, and the month of
release.  To subscribe to the WASDE report in print, call
(800) 999-6779.
     For more information call (202) 720-5447.
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