# Big Crop Breakdown: Examining USDA’s First MY 25/26 Corn Projections

> A micorn.org breakdown of USDA's first 2025/26 corn projections notes a trend yield of 181 bu/acre on 95.3 million planted acres, producing a record 15.8 billion bushel crop. USDA cut 2024/25 carryout by 50 million bushels and expects higher feed and residual use.

- Date: 2025-05-14 · published 2025-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24702-big-crop-breakdown-examining-usda-s-first-my-25-26-corn-projections
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A record crop with stronger feed demand points to ample feed corn supply, which is mildly bearish for corn prices in the new marketing year.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-05-15 | [USDA Ending Stocks Reveal Record Projections for Corn and Soybeans - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35890-usda-ending-stocks-reveal-record-projections-for-corn-and-soybeans-proag.md) | -8.8% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 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) | -2.4% | -7.1% |
| CORN | 2019-05-10 | [Wheat down on higher USDA crop projection - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5742-wheat-down-on-higher-usda-crop-projection-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +5.8% | +12.3% |
| CORN | 2025-08-12 | [USDA Ups 2025 Corn Production More Than Expected in Latest Crop Production Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23262-usda-ups-2025-corn-production-more-than-expected-in-latest-crop-production.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| CORN | 2026-09-30 | [Report Reaction \| USDA shows 2025/26 corn ending stocks above 2-billion bushel mark - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17407-report-reaction-usda-shows-2025-26-corn-ending-stocks-above-2-billion-bushel.md) | -2.9% | -9.4% |

## Sources

- micorn.org: https://micorn.org/news-and-media/news/article/2025/05/big-crop-breakdown-examining-usda-s-first-my-25-26-corn-projections

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