# Another volatile year awaits in the feed ingredient market | The National Provisioner

> An outlook piece from The National Provisioner says US corn plantings are projected up 5% from 2024 and soybean acres down 4%. It argues that feed ingredient markets face another volatile year because of trade tensions, US-China soybean flows and European wheat feeding.

- Date: 2025-08-07 · published 2025-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23431-another-volatile-year-awaits-in-the-feed-ingredient-market-the-national
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Expected US acreage shifts and continued China trade uncertainty point to volatile corn and soymeal prices, with Brazil likely to supply more soybeans to China.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-06 | [Analysis shows China changing its grain buying tactics as the US market becomes volatile - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46125-analysis-shows-china-changing-its-grain-buying-tactics-as-the-us-market-becomes.md) | -1.9% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2019-09-25 | [Market developments could mean higher feed prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57194-market-developments-could-mean-higher-feed-prices.md) | -0.3% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2018-10-01 | [Pay attention to the raw materials market forecasts for October \| rumiNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62649-pay-attention-to-the-raw-materials-market-forecasts-for-october-ruminews.md) | +1.2% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-02-25 | [What comes next for ag trade, markets after a record year? - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14957-what-comes-next-for-ag-trade-markets-after-a-record-year-high-plains-journal.md) | +6.6% | +10.3% |
| CORN | 2026-03-06 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      L-Lysine From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20486-federal-register-l-lysine-from-the-people-s-republic-of-china-preliminary.md) | +1.2% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2021-07-06 | [Analysis shows China changing its grain buying tactics as the US market becomes volatile - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46125-analysis-shows-china-changing-its-grain-buying-tactics-as-the-us-market-becomes.md) | -1.3% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2020-02-20 | [China Back in the Market for U.S. Farm Goods After Waivers \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54480-china-back-in-the-market-for-u-s-farm-goods-after-waivers-financial-post.md) | -1.8% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2022-02-25 | [What comes next for ag trade, markets after a record year? - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14957-what-comes-next-for-ag-trade-markets-after-a-record-year-high-plains-journal.md) | +1.1% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- provisioneronline.com: https://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/119251-another-volatile-year-awaits-in-the-feed-ingredient-market

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