# Terrain | Fields to Futures: What Producers Need to Know for 2025/26

> A producer outlook for 2025/26 flags a forecast hot, dry summer for the western Corn Belt and Plains. It also cites uncertainty over planted acreage, the expiring U.S.-China tariff deal, and growing Brazilian soybean competition.

- Date: 2025-05-27 · published 2025-05-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13086-terrain-fields-to-futures-what-producers-need-to-know-for-2025-26
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Dryness risk and tight global corn stocks support corn prices, while tariff uncertainty and Brazil's export pressure cap soybean upside.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-11-05 | [Crop Watch: Low prices, weather headline producers' concerns for 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13134-crop-watch-low-prices-weather-headline-producers-concerns-for-2025.md) | +1.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2017-07-27 | [Crop futures higher Thurs. on dry weather \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70067-crop-futures-higher-thurs-on-dry-weather-the-western-producer.md) | -1.3% | -7.0% |
| CORN | 2025-08-22 | [What are the prospects for grain production in Argentina?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13838-what-are-the-prospects-for-grain-production-in-argentina.md) | -0.6% | +7.6% |
| CORN | 2017-04-10 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Wet fields sideline farmers for now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71398-weekly-grain-movement-wet-fields-sideline-farmers-for-now.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Winter Storm, Trade Progress Drive Grain Futures Higher \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50172-winter-storm-trade-progress-drive-grain-futures-higher-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2022-03-22 | [Producers find right combo for top soybean yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13377-producers-find-right-combo-for-top-soybean-yields.md) | -1.6% | +1.5% |
| SOY | 2024-07-10 | [U.S. grains: Soy futures fall to 2020 low on strong US crop prospects](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11196-u-s-grains-soy-futures-fall-to-2020-low-on-strong-us-crop-prospects.md) | -6.1% | -11.5% |
| SOY | 2020-12-04 | [New Clues for Soybean Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49686-new-clues-for-soybean-futures.md) | -1.3% | +12.7% |

## Sources

- terrainag.com: https://www.terrainag.com/insights/fields-to-futures-what-producers-need-to-know-for-2025-26/

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