World Agricultural Outlook Board
The World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) serves as the central hub for USDA’s economic and market intelligence, offering both U.S. and global commodity outlooks and in-depth analysis on weather impacts on agriculture. WAOB releases the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and leads the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee (ICEC), a team of USDA experts from across the department.
The WAOB also releases annual projections covering agricultural commodities, trade, and aggregate indicators of the sector for the next decade. The monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report and the long-run projections are available in the Agricultural Baseline Report. In addition, in February each year, the USDA Chief Economist releases preliminary projections for domestic supply and demand of agricultural commodities at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum.
NEW! Share Your Input: USDA Requests Feedback on Data Products
At the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Outlook Forum 2026, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a Request for Information (RFI) on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research at USDA.
The RFI aims to solicit feedback from farmers, ranchers, and other users to improve the transparency, accuracy, and usefulness of USDA’s data products. User feedback will inform future improvements and policy.
Please take a moment to share your comments and suggestions so we can better tailor USDA data to your needs.
The RFI will be available until April 9, 2026. We encourage users to provide feedback using this Request for Information (link)
