# Record 2025 Corn Yields Had a Big Assist From Summer Weather

> Summer 2025 weather in the central U.S. was mainly warm rather than hot, with above-normal rainfall especially in the Western Corn Belt. These conditions helped produce the record 2025 corn yield of 186.5 bushels per acre and a record production of 17.0 billion bushels, according to USDA-NASS. Ten states set record yields.

- Date: 2026-01-15 · published 2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13024-record-2025-corn-yields-had-a-big-assist-from-summer-weather
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Record production adds large corn supplies, which pressures prices and lowers feed costs for buyers. The weather explanation suggests yields were driven by favorable conditions rather than a one-off measurement effect.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-01-30 | [Will 2019 Bring More Record U.S. Corn Yields?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60956-will-2019-bring-more-record-u-s-corn-yields.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2026-05-14 | [2026 Corn Belt summer weather forecast \| The More You Grow \| Corteva Agriscience](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12997-2026-corn-belt-summer-weather-forecast-the-more-you-grow-corteva-agriscience.md) | -0.4% | -7.9% |
| CORN | 2023-04-21 | [As El Niño Makes Its Grand Return, Here's What It Tells Us About Summer Weather and Corn Yields - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13281-as-el-nino-makes-its-grand-return-here-s-what-it-tells-us-about-summer-weather.md) | -1.6% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2025-09-17 | [2025 Corn Yield Forecasts: Cooler Weather at Season’s End Increased Forecasted Yields for Region \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13058-2025-corn-yield-forecasts-cooler-weather-at-season-s-end-increased-forecasted.md) | -0.9% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-04 | [Summer a ‘Wild Card’ but Corn Belt Weather in Good Shape, Meteorologist Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13083-summer-a-wild-card-but-corn-belt-weather-in-good-shape-meteorologist-says.md) | -1.9% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2026/01/15/record-2025-corn-yields-big-assist

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