# Bumper crops forecast in Iowa, despite bumpy ride with weather | The Gazette

> Iowa corn is forecast at 2.5 billion bushels, averaging 201 bushels per acre, up 24 bushels from last year, according to federal data. Soybeans in Iowa are forecast at 611 million bushels, averaging 61 bushels per acre. Experts said the crops are heading for record yields despite a year of drought followed by a very wet October.

- Date: 2021-11-05 · published 2021-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13405-bumper-crops-forecast-in-iowa-despite-bumpy-ride-with-weather-the-gazette
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Large US corn and soybean supplies point to ample feed grain availability and downward pressure on prices heading into the marketing year.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-08-22 | [Record US soybean crop forecast in 2024 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28788-record-us-soybean-crop-forecast-in-2024-world-grain.md) | -2.2% | +6.2% |
| CORN | 2021-09-22 | [Brazil Starts Planting Grain Crop with Forecast of a New Record - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44914-brazil-starts-planting-grain-crop-with-forecast-of-a-new-record-farmdoc-daily.md) | +1.6% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2022-08-16 | [Soybeans drop 2% on U.S. crop forecast, weather; corn, wheat down 16.08.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6532-soybeans-drop-2-on-u-s-crop-forecast-weather-corn-wheat-down-16-08-2022.md) | -3.7% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2022-01-13 | [Wheat Drops With U.S. Forecasting Bigger Global Reserves 13.01.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43104-wheat-drops-with-u-s-forecasting-bigger-global-reserves-13-01-2022.md) | -1.3% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-06-15 | [Brazil Expecting Historic Safrinha Despite Less Than Ideal Weather - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13715-brazil-expecting-historic-safrinha-despite-less-than-ideal-weather-farmdoc-daily.md) | -1.6% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-03-14 | [Brazil raises record crop forecast despite drought in Rio Grande do Sul](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13508-brazil-raises-record-crop-forecast-despite-drought-in-rio-grande-do-sul.md) | +1.6% | +3.2% |
| SOY | 2024-08-22 | [Record US soybean crop forecast in 2024 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28788-record-us-soybean-crop-forecast-in-2024-world-grain.md) | -0.5% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2021-09-22 | [Brazil Starts Planting Grain Crop with Forecast of a New Record - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44914-brazil-starts-planting-grain-crop-with-forecast-of-a-new-record-farmdoc-daily.md) | +0.2% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- thegazette.com: https://www.thegazette.com/agriculture/bumper-crops-forecast-in-iowa-despite-bumpy-ride-with-weather/

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