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Blohm: WASDE Delivers Bearish Surprise

Published January 12, 2026

Total Farm Marketing Senior Advisor Naomi Blohm describing the latest crop report as broadly bearish for corn, soybeans, and wheat. “The one thing about the January report is that you’re always going to get a huge surprise, either really bullish…

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Zuzolo: Market Got It Right Ahead of WASDE

Published December 9, 2025

Global Commodity Analytics President Mike Zuzolo says Tuesday’s WASDE report largely confirmed what traders had already priced in. “The market got it right; they had been buying corn and selling beans,” Zuzolo said, noting USDA’s decision to raise corn exports…

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No Major Shifts in USDA’s December WASDE

Published December 9, 2025

Total Farm Marketing Senior Market Analyst Naomi Blohm says Tuesday’s WASDE report offered few surprises, with USDA holding steady on most supply and demand categories. “No change at all on the supply or demand categories for soybeans or wheat compared…

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Adjustments Made to Regional Yield Forecasts

Published November 17, 2025

In Friday’s USDA report, Minnesota’s average corn yield was estimated at 193 bushels per acre, that’s down six bushels from the September report. In North Dakota, the yield increased by one bushel to 146 bushel per acre on average. South…

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Small Changes Seen in USDA Report

Published November 15, 2025

USDA made limited changes to the supply and demand report, but some of those tweaks pressured prices.  “We didn't think USDA would come in and make a lot of changes because they haven’t been back to work for that long,"…

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WASDE Report Adds Fresh Uncertainty

Published November 15, 2025

The USDA supply/demand report delivered mixed signals for corn, soybeans, and wheat, leaving traders with more uncertainty than direction. Van Ahn and Company market analyst Kristi Van Ahn says the corn outlook looks manageable on the surface, but deeper concerns…

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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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