OCE Release #3-2000

                   Raymond L. Bridge, 202-720-5447

                            rbridge@oce.usda.gov

                                                  

ADVISORY ON THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ESTIMATES REPORT



     Washington, May 8--The May 12 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 12 issue will present USDA's first projections

for marketing year 2000/2001 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, 2000/2001

foreign country projections will commence with the July

issue.

     The May report also will include the first 2000/2001

projections for U.S. sugar and U.S. milk supply and use, and

calendar-year 2001 projections for U.S. meat and poultry

products

     Except for rice, table formats and the order of tables

will be the same as those in May 1999 issue. Average milling

yield will be added to the U.S. rice supply and use table.

     The WASDE report is available electronically in Adobe

Acrobat  format as well as ASCII text.  To access the report

from the USDA home page (www.usda.gov), click on News and

Information, 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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