# USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean Yields Slightly

> USDA's October WASDE cut the corn production estimate by 49 million bushels to 13.895 billion and lowered corn yield to 171.9 bushels per acre. Soybean yield was lowered to 49.8 bushels per acre, and U.S. wheat ending stocks were put at 576 million bushels, a 15-year low.

- Date: 2022-10-12 · published 2022-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39176-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-yields-slightly
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower U.S. corn and soybean yields tighten domestic supply, while the wheat stocks decline supports prices. Analysts called the U.S. ending stocks mostly neutral for corn and wheat.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-09-12 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39551-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | -1.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-13 | [USDA Lowers Soybean Stocks and Corn Yield](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49088-usda-lowers-soybean-stocks-and-corn-yield.md) | +2.0% | +7.5% |
| CORN | 2023-08-11 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Yields and Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12250-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yields-and-production.md) | -1.6% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2020-09-11 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Forecasts \| AgWired](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50974-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-forecasts-agwired.md) | +4.5% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2020-11-10 | [USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean and Wheat Ending Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50091-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-and-wheat-ending-stocks.md) | +9.7% | +8.7% |
| SOY | 2022-09-12 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39551-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | -2.7% | -8.2% |
| SOY | 2023-08-11 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Yields and Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12250-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yields-and-production.md) | -5.3% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2019-09-12 | [USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean Production and Yield - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9896-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-production-and-yield-proag.md) | +4.1% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2022/10/12/usda-releases-october-crop-wasde

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