# Crop Watch: Corn improves again but soybeans still iffy

> Reuters' Crop Watch reported its 11-field average corn condition rose to 3.8 from 3.68 the prior week. The rating is above the same week a year earlier but below the comparable weeks of the previous three years, and soybean conditions remained uncertain.

- Date: 2025-06-09 · published 2025-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13080-crop-watch-corn-improves-again-but-soybeans-still-iffy
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Modest corn improvement is a small bearish factor, but ratings still trail recent years, which keeps some support under prices. The soybean outlook is unresolved.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-09-12 | [USDA Still Sees Record Corn, Soybean Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10185-usda-still-sees-record-corn-soybean-crops.md) | +1.6% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2019-07-29 | [Mexico corn yields improving but still best market for US](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58063-mexico-corn-yields-improving-but-still-best-market-for-us.md) | -0.6% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2024-10-22 | [Crop Watch: Iowa corn breaks barriers but Illinois disappoints](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13144-crop-watch-iowa-corn-breaks-barriers-but-illinois-disappoints.md) | -0.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-01-15 | [Bumper soybean crop expected in Argentina \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13942-bumper-soybean-crop-expected-in-argentina-world-grain.md) | +0.8% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2021-02-03 | [Brazilian crop prospects improve but bean harvest delayed \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48468-brazilian-crop-prospects-improve-but-bean-harvest-delayed-farm-online-act.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2024-10-22 | [Crop Watch: Iowa corn breaks barriers but Illinois disappoints](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13144-crop-watch-iowa-corn-breaks-barriers-but-illinois-disappoints.md) | -0.7% | +2.9% |
| SOY | 2017-05-31 | [CROP PROGRESS: Corn doing well in Iowa but less so in Illinois, Indian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71026-crop-progress-corn-doing-well-in-iowa-but-less-so-in-illinois-indian.md) | +1.2% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2024-05-10 | [USDA Forecasts 14.86 BB Corn Crop, 4.45 BB Soybean Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13186-usda-forecasts-14-86-bb-corn-crop-4-45-bb-soybean-crop.md) | +2.0% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/crop-watch-corn-improves-again-soybeans-still-iffy-braun-2025-06-09/

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