# Grain Marketing Commentary

> The USDA report raised the US corn yield to a record 175.4 bushels per acre, 3.0 bushels above the trade average. Production rose 298 million bushels, feed and exports each rose 75 million bushels, and ending stocks climbed 148 million to 2.488 billion bushels, the largest since 1987. World corn ending stocks were also raised to 203.9 million tonnes.

- Date: 2017-11-22 · published 2017-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10821-grain-marketing-commentary
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The large US supply and bigger-than-expected ending stocks are bearish for corn prices in the short run. Tighter world stocks relative to use leave room for a rally if production problems emerge later.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [Grain market review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/471-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | -1.9% | — |
| CORN | 2021-06-11 | [Grain market review: Coarse grains  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46609-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | -6.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2025-06-27 | [Grain Market Review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24249-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | +5.1% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2022-01-12 | [Daily Market Wire 13 January 2022 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43098-daily-market-wire-13-january-2022-grain-central.md) | -2.6% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2019-05-12 | [Daily Market Wire 13 May 2019 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5739-daily-market-wire-13-may-2019-grain-central.md) | +6.9% | +11.9% |

## Sources

- standard-democrat.com: https://www.standard-democrat.com/opinion/grain-marketing-commentary-2462599

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