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Record Corn Crop Raises Demand Concerns

Published August 15, 2025

National Corn Growers Association Chief Economist Krista Swanson is calling the yield and acreage numbers in the USDA report unprecedented. “USDA, which was already projecting a 181 bushel per acre yield, went to 188.8 bushels per acre," said Swanson. "Just…

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WASDE Shocks Corn Market with Record Yield

Published August 12, 2025

The USDA supply/demand report surprised the grain markets with significantly higher corn acreage and yield estimates, pushing projected ending stocks to over 2.1 billion bushels. Kristi Van Ahn, COO of Van Ahn and Company, called the report “ridiculous” and said…

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A Big Crop Anticipated

Published August 7, 2025

Ahead of Tuesday’s supply/demand report, Bloomberg has released its poll of industry analysts. The average trade guess is for a corn yield of 184.3 bushels per acre, up from USDA’s latest estimate of 181 bushels. Soybean yields are expected to…

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USDA July Report Offers Slight Changes

Published July 11, 2025

The USDA’s July report brought modest changes, with U.S. wheat yield bumped to 52.6 bushels per acre, up from 51.6 last month. Corn and soybean yields were left unchanged, as expected, with more updates typically coming in August. Corn feed…

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Grain Stocks Tighten

Published May 12, 2025

The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report offered a bullish tone for corn and soybeans, with new crop stocks coming in significantly lower than trade expectations. “USDA came in and obviously kept demand fairly strong for both corn…

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A Supply Reversal

Published January 15, 2025

Surplus crop supplies contributed to lower commodity prices in recent years. However, that could change in 2025 if USDA's latest supply and demand report is any indication.  "We see these ag cycles and we've been on a downward trend for…

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Corn Demand Rises

Published December 11, 2024

In Tuesday’s supply/demand report, USDA increased corn export demand by 150 million bushels and ethanol demand by 50 million bushels. USDA lowered wheat ending stocks by 20 million bushels and left soybeans unchanged. Analysts expected an increase in South American…

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S/D Estimates Released

Published August 13, 2024

Soybean ending stocks were the biggest surprise in the USDA report. New crop soybean ending stocks totaled 560 million bushels. That’s up from 435 million bushels in the July report. Corn stocks dropped slightly, but were still in the 2…

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Brazilian Corn Estimate May Boost U.S. Demand

Published May 10, 2024

Following the release of USDA's monthly Supply and Demand Report, Total Farm Marketing Senior Market Advisor Naomi Blohm said it offered friendly news for corn. "Because there was nothing unexpectedly bearish, the market has every reason now to hold the…

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World Wheat Production at Record Levels

Published May 10, 2024

USDA lowered global wheat supplies by 2.2 million metric tons to 1.05 million tonnes. Global wheat production is projected at a record 798 million tonnes but lower carry-in projection from several countries more than offset the production increase. World Corn…

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