# High Yields, Poor Profits: Corn Farmers Search for New Demand to Drive Prices - AgWeb

> The National Corn Growers Association asked Congress and the Trump administration to help find demand for a 16.7 billion bushel US corn crop. Farmers face poor profitability despite record yields. The article is built around a video segment on USDA's record crop forecast.

- Date: 2025-08-14 · published 2025-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23357-high-yields-poor-profits-corn-farmers-search-for-new-demand-to-drive-prices
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lack of new demand for a record crop keeps corn prices under pressure and encourages policy support for export and domestic use. The call for demand measures signals ongoing surplus concerns.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-07-25 | [Low Prices and High Costs Worry Corn Producers in Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13559-low-prices-and-high-costs-worry-corn-producers-in-mato-grosso.md) | -2.9% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-07 | [Federal Biofuel Policies Likely To Drive Demand For U.S. Corn, Soybeans - Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15081-federal-biofuel-policies-likely-to-drive-demand-for-u-s-corn-soybeans-michigan.md) | -1.7% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2021-01-20 | [Mexican GMO corn phase-out a concern for US farmers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49125-mexican-gmo-corn-phase-out-a-concern-for-us-farmers-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.1% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2025-06-11 | [China Nudges Pig Farmers to Restrain Supply After Prices Slump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24184-china-nudges-pig-farmers-to-restrain-supply-after-prices-slump.md) | -0.5% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2019-09-26 | [Farmers say waivers are destroying demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56935-farmers-say-waivers-are-destroying-demand.md) | -0.9% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/high-yields-poor-profits-corn-farmers-search-new-demand-drive-prices

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