What Happens When a Report Day Isn't

There aren’t many upsides to the US government being shut down, most notably it’s the next big step forward to autocracy. But if looking for a golden needle in a grain pile of wheat, then I can say the fact the US government has been sucked into a black hole for what was supposed to be a USDA WASDE report day means the industry will be forced to actually pay attention to what markets are saying about supply and demand. The reality is this won’t happen. Most of the industry will spend the day like an addic ...