# Slight hike in projected prices – AgriNews

> USDA's April WASDE raised the 2025-26 US season-average soybean price to $10.30 per bushel and soymeal to $310 per short ton, after shifting 35 million bushels from exports to crush. Corn's season-average price rose 5 cents to $4.15 per bushel, and soybean oil was raised to 59 cents per pound.

- Date: 2026-04-19 · published 2026-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19753-slight-hike-in-projected-prices-agrinews
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Higher USDA price projects signal firmer domestic crush and meal demand, supporting soybean and meal values for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-11-16 | [Renewable diesel projected to turbo charge U.S. biofuel growth – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15355-renewable-diesel-projected-to-turbo-charge-u-s-biofuel-growth-agrinews.md) | -1.9% | +1.7% |
| SOY | 2021-04-07 | [High soy and corn prices affect Lysine market - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47937-high-soy-and-corn-prices-affect-lysine-market-food-and-agribusiness.md) | -2.1% | +11.2% |
| SOY | 2020-02-20 | [USDA's acreage, price projections for 2020 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54627-usda-s-acreage-price-projections-for-2020-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.8% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2020-01-20 | [Soybean: Prices on the rise in the new season \| CLAL News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55116-soybean-prices-on-the-rise-in-the-new-season-clal-news.md) | -3.5% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2017-12-01 | [Ag export projection increased for FY2018 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67347-ag-export-projection-increased-for-fy2018-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.6% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2020-11-30 | [Projections for feed prices up sharply: USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50233-projections-for-feed-prices-up-sharply-usda.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-12-31 | [2025 Soybean Outlook: Well-supplied market pressures prices – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27016-2025-soybean-outlook-well-supplied-market-pressures-prices-agrinews.md) | +1.4% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-17 | [New balance sheets project lower corn, wheat stocks – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24176-new-balance-sheets-project-lower-corn-wheat-stocks-agrinews.md) | -2.5% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- shawmedia-agrinews-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com: https://shawmedia-agrinews-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/business/2026/04/19/slight-hike-in-projected-prices/

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