OCE Release #5-99

Raymond L. Bridge (202) 720-5447

rbridge@oce.usda.gov

 



MEDIA ADVISORY:  RELEASE DATES FOR WASDE REPORT IN 2000

     

     WASHINGTON, July 30 The World Agricultural Supply and

Demand Estimates (WASDE) report will be released 8:30 a.m.

Eastern Time on the following dates in 2000:  Jan.12,

Feb.11, Mar.10, Apr.11, May 12, June 9, July 12, Aug.11,

Sept.12, Oct.12, Nov.9, and  Dec.12. 

     Release dates coincide with release of the Crop

Production report, except in January.  The January Crop

Production report will be issued on Jan. 11.  The WASDE

report will be released Jan. 12, at the same time as the

Crop Production Annual, Winter Wheat and Rye Seedings, and

Grain Stocks reports.

          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/index.htm, and on the

USDA Economics and Statistics System at:

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu.  Free delivery by

electronic mail is also available.  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.  Subscriptions are $50 per year for

the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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