# USDA Forecasts Record Corn Crop at 16.7B Bushels

> USDA forecast a record U.S. corn crop of 16.7 billion bushels, with corn yield at a record 188.8 bushels per acre. The agency raised soybean yield to a record 53.6 bushels per acre but cut soybean production by 43 million bushels to 4.292 billion. Analysts called the new-crop corn stocks estimate bearish.

- Date: 2025-08-15 · published 2025-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23269-usda-forecasts-record-corn-crop-at-16-7b-bushels
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The record corn yield and larger production point to ample feed grain supplies and lower corn prices through harvest. The smaller soybean crop offers modest support to soybean meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-08-12 | [USDA Forecasts Record Soybean Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28713-usda-forecasts-record-soybean-crop.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2016-08-15 | [USDA adjusts forecasts based on record corn, soybean crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9949-usda-adjusts-forecasts-based-on-record-corn-soybean-crops.md) | +2.3% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2025-02-27 | [USDA Forecasts Record Corn Crop, Larger Soybean Crop for 2025-26](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13114-usda-forecasts-record-corn-crop-larger-soybean-crop-for-2025-26.md) | -5.3% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2020-08-12 | [USDA Expects Record Corn Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51548-usda-expects-record-corn-crop.md) | +3.8% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-12 | [USDA forecasts record high corn, soybean yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51457-usda-forecasts-record-high-corn-soybean-yields.md) | +3.8% | +8.3% |
| SOY | 2020-09-11 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Forecasts \| AgWired](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50974-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-forecasts-agwired.md) | +4.4% | +6.6% |
| SOY | 2022-10-11 | [Wheat, corn futures slip ahead of key USDA crop forecasts \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5088-wheat-corn-futures-slip-ahead-of-key-usda-crop-forecasts-financial-post.md) | +0.8% | +4.8% |
| SOY | 2026-02-10 | [USDA cuts corn stocks 100M bushels in February WASDE report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20547-usda-cuts-corn-stocks-100m-bushels-in-february-wasde-report.md) | +2.1% | +6.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/08/12/usda-forecasts-record-corn-crop-16

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