# Arkansas pumps up corn, grain sorghum and winter wheat production - High Plains Journal

> Arkansas produced a 183 bushel per acre corn average in 2021 despite June flooding and storms. Farmers expanded grain sorghum planting to 90,000 acres from 12,000 in 2020, and winter wheat acreage was also set to rise.

- Date: 2021-12-28 · published 2021-12-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43681-arkansas-pumps-up-corn-grain-sorghum-and-winter-wheat-production-high-plains
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A larger sorghum and wheat area in Arkansas adds to domestic supply of feed grains, which weighs on regional prices. Corn output remained strong, so the effect on the national corn balance is small.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-31 | [Winter wheat and oat harvests continue - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64087-winter-wheat-and-oat-harvests-continue-high-plains-journal.md) | +8.8% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2025-06-13 | [Avian flu continues to impact egg and poultry production - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24212-avian-flu-continues-to-impact-egg-and-poultry-production-high-plains-journal.md) | -0.8% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2021-07-22 | [Grain Journal \| Stu Ellis: Oat Production at Historic Lows; Genetics…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46116-grain-journal-stu-ellis-oat-production-at-historic-lows-genetics.md) | -2.8% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-12-06 | [Grain Journal \| Mixed Results For Corn and Soybean Transportation…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55475-grain-journal-mixed-results-for-corn-and-soybean-transportation.md) | -2.3% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-11-22 | [Wheat production, trade rising: IGC - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55997-wheat-production-trade-rising-igc-grain-central.md) | +0.6% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- hpj.com: https://hpj.com/2021/12/28/arkansas-pumps-up-corn-grain-sorghum-and-winter-wheat-production/

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