# Lower feed prices could bolster 2025 margins

> Analysts expect ample US feed supplies in 2025 and lower feed prices, with USDA forecasting a 2025 corn planting of 94 million acres, up about 4%. USDA also projects a farm corn price near $4.20 per bushel, down roughly 4% from 2024.

- Date: 2025-03-06 · published 2025-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25678-lower-feed-prices-could-bolster-2025-margins
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Expected larger corn acreage and lower prices point to cheaper feed ingredients for dairy and livestock buyers, with bearish pressure on corn and softer soybean demand given a smaller soybean acreage forecast.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- MILK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-09-14 | [DDG Prices Lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63140-ddg-prices-lower.md) | +2.4% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2025-05-14 | [USDA forecasts lower wheat, corn, sorghum prices for 2025/26](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24718-usda-forecasts-lower-wheat-corn-sorghum-prices-for-2025-26.md) | +3.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2024-01-18 | [Ag economist says livestock producers could see lower feed costs in 2024 – WZBD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32255-ag-economist-says-livestock-producers-could-see-lower-feed-costs-in-2024-wzbd.md) | +1.1% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [Grain Markets Tank on Weather, Fade the WASDE: How Low Could Prices Fall? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11928-grain-markets-tank-on-weather-fade-the-wasde-how-low-could-prices-fall-agweb.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2023-07-11 | [Poultry Quarterly Q3 2023: Improving Conditions as Lower-priced Feed Flows Through Global Poultry Value Chains - Poultry Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35173-poultry-quarterly-q3-2023-improving-conditions-as-lower-priced-feed-flows.md) | -8.8% | -9.0% |
| SOY | 2024-04-17 | [USDA: Low corn prices spur greater feed use \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30829-usda-low-corn-prices-spur-greater-feed-use-feed-strategy.md) | +2.0% | +4.7% |
| SOY | 2025-07-11 | [Grain Markets Tank on Weather, Fade the WASDE: How Low Could Prices Fall? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11928-grain-markets-tank-on-weather-fade-the-wasde-how-low-could-prices-fall-agweb.md) | +0.9% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2018-02-08 | [USDA Lowers Corn Stocks, Prices Rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10009-usda-lowers-corn-stocks-prices-rise.md) | +3.5% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- hoards.com: https://hoards.com/article-36255-Lower-feed-prices-could-bolster-2025-margins.html

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