# Record crop meets trade woes in fall storage crunch | Feed & Grain

> A CoBank economist warns that a record US corn crop will strain grain storage this fall, with bunker space in short supply. He notes that stalled China trade talks add to the pressure on markets.

- Date: 2025-08-07 · published 2025-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23389-record-crop-meets-trade-woes-in-fall-storage-crunch-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected abundant corn supply and limited storage point to weaker cash corn basis and downward pressure on prices into harvest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-21 | [Harvesting in a trade war - U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11727-harvesting-in-a-trade-war-u-s-crops-rot-as-storage-costs-soar.md) | -0.3% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2018-09-24 | [Western Corn Belt faces grain storage crunch - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63059-western-corn-belt-faces-grain-storage-crunch-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture.md) | +0.7% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2024-08-20 | [Grain Journal \| China Imports Record Amount of Feed Grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14727-grain-journal-china-imports-record-amount-of-feed-grains.md) | -3.5% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-06-01 | [Trade war rhetoric — This week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64504-trade-war-rhetoric-this-week-in-the-grain-markets-realagriculture.md) | -2.6% | -8.6% |
| CORN | 2021-04-30 | [High grain prices alter feeding, trade patterns \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47677-high-grain-prices-alter-feeding-trade-patterns-feed-strategy.md) | +5.0% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/business-markets/commodities/article/15752382/record-crop-meets-trade-woes-in-fall-storage-crunch

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