Data Calendar

Commodity Data Release Calendar

Plan trading around major data releases. Know when government agencies publish commodity data and anticipate market moves.

Weekly Calendar

Recurring weekly reports drive market-moving volatility. Each release typically moves prices 1–5% intraday.

M

Monday

USDA Crop Progress — weekly planting, emergence, condition ratings (April–Nov)

4:00 PM ET

W

Wednesday

EIA Petroleum Status Report — crude/product stocks, refinery inputs

10:30 AM ET

R

Thursday

EIA Natural Gas Storage — working gas in storage (Lower 48)

10:30 AM ET

F

Friday

CFTC Commitments of Traders — positioning by trader category

3:30 PM ET

Monthly Calendar

Monthly reports provide supply/demand estimates and production forecasts. WASDE is the most market-moving agricultural report.

USDA WASDE Report

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates — corn, wheat, soybeans forecasts

~12:00 PM ET on 9th–12th of each month

Most impactful

USDA Crop Production

Final acreage, yield, and production estimates for the season

~12th of month (during harvest season)

EIA Monthly Energy Review

Aggregate energy statistics and monthly summary data

End of month

Annual Events

Annual and seasonal reports define the crop year and set price expectations for the next 12 months. These reports are major market drivers.

🗓️

January

Final WASDE for prior marketing year. Closes the grain harvest season and sets carry-over expectations.

📌

March 31

Prospective Plantings — farmer intentions for new-crop acreage.

🔥 Major market mover

📊

June 30

Acreage Report — actual planted acres vs farmer intentions.

🔥 Major market mover

Known Disruption Patterns

These events halt or delay data publication. Plan for 1–3 week delays when they occur:

  • US government shutdowns — halt all three agency data sources (EIA, USDA, CFTC). Can last 2–35 days.
  • Federal holidays — shift weekly report dates. EIA/CFTC publish the following day; USDA crop data may skip a week.
  • Hurricane season (June–November) — Gulf Coast energy infrastructure disruptions cause anomalous crude/product stock patterns.
  • Extreme weather — winter storms can delay USDA reports; flooding impacts crop progress data accuracy.
See our data quality guide for details on past shutdowns, COVID impacts, and methodology changes.

API Data Freshness

Every API response includes freshness metadata. Use it to detect data delays programmatically without monitoring external sources: 

# Get EIA natural gas storage with freshness metadata
curl "https://commodityfundamentals.com/api/v1/commodities/natural-gas/series?type=stocks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response includes: 

{
  "data": [...],
  "meta": {
    "source": "eia_gas_storage",
    "last_updated": "2026-02-13T16:00:00Z",
    "next_expected": "2026-02-20T16:00:00Z",
    "freshness": "current"
  }
}

Freshness states:

✅ current

Latest expected observation is present

⚠️ delayed

Missing but within tolerance (e.g., holiday)

❌ stale

Overdue (possible outage or shutdown)