The Impact of Situation and Outlook Information in Corn and Soybean Futures Markets: Evidence from WASDE Reports

Olga Isengildina-Massa, Scott Irwin, Darrel L. Good and Jennifer K. Gomez
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2008, vol. 40, issue 01, 15

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of situation and outlook information from World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) in corn and soybean futures markets over the period 1985 to 2006. Results indicate that WASDE reports containing National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop production estimates and other domestic and international situation and outlook information have the largest impact; causing return variance on report sessions to be 7.38 times greater than normal return variance in corn futures and 6.87 times greater than normal return variance in soybean futures. WASDE reports limited to international situation information and domestic and international outlook information have a smaller impact. The results show that the impact of WASDE reports has increased over time.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.45048

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