# USDA Responds to Farmer Frustration After January Report Delivers Major Surprises - Pro Farmer

> USDA's January reports raised corn yield to 186.5 bushels per acre, above expectations, and lifted production to a record 17 billion bushels. December 1 corn stocks were above trade estimates, and ending stocks came in higher than expected at 2.2 billion bushels. Soybean yield was 53 bushels per acre, with production at 4.26 billion bushels and ending stocks at 350 million bushels.

- Date: 2026-01-16 · published 2026-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13026-usda-responds-to-farmer-frustration-after-january-report-delivers-major
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The large upward revisions to corn production and stocks add substantial supply, which pushed futures sharply lower. Higher soybean and corn carryout also weighs on prices for feed buyers' input markets.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-01-12 | [PF Report Reaction: Bearish reaction to USDA's barrage of January data - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32066-pf-report-reaction-bearish-reaction-to-usda-s-barrage-of-january-data-pro-farmer.md) | -0.9% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2021-12-09 | [PF Report Reaction: USDA delivers a yawner, as expected - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43526-pf-report-reaction-usda-delivers-a-yawner-as-expected-pro-farmer.md) | -0.4% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-09-14 | [Farming News - Markets continuing to adjust their position after USDA report contains some surprises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62990-farming-news-markets-continuing-to-adjust-their-position-after-usda-report.md) | +2.4% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2023-06-30 | [PF Report Reaction: Acreage shocker from USDA - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35512-pf-report-reaction-acreage-shocker-from-usda-pro-farmer.md) | -2.3% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-01-12 | [PF Report Reaction: USDA report data relatively mild for corn and soybeans - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13394-pf-report-reaction-usda-report-data-relatively-mild-for-corn-and-soybeans-pro.md) | -2.6% | +3.6% |
| SOY | 2024-01-12 | [PF Report Reaction: Bearish reaction to USDA's barrage of January data - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32066-pf-report-reaction-bearish-reaction-to-usda-s-barrage-of-january-data-pro-farmer.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2021-12-09 | [PF Report Reaction: USDA delivers a yawner, as expected - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43526-pf-report-reaction-usda-delivers-a-yawner-as-expected-pro-farmer.md) | +0.1% | +9.2% |
| SOY | 2018-09-14 | [Farming News - Markets continuing to adjust their position after USDA report contains some surprises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62990-farming-news-markets-continuing-to-adjust-their-position-after-usda-report.md) | +3.3% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/news/agriculture-news/usda-responds-farmer-frustration-after-january-report-delivers-major-surprises

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