# USDA Lowers Soybean Stocks and Corn Yield

> USDA cut its 2020 U.S. corn yield by 3.8 bushels per acre to 172 bushels, reducing production by about 325 million bushels. Soybean ending stocks were lowered to 140 million bushels after a 30 million bushel export increase and a 5 million bushel crush increase.

- Date: 2021-01-13 · published 2021-01-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49088-usda-lowers-soybean-stocks-and-corn-yield
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The corn yield cut removes supply that buyers had expected, supporting corn feed costs. Soybean stocks fell in line with expectations, so the soybean price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: 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 | 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% |
| 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 | 2022-10-12 | [USDA Lowers Corn, Soybean Yields Slightly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39176-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-yields-slightly.md) | +1.9% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-11-08 | [USDA Surprisingly Lowers Corn and Soybean Yield and Ending Stocks in WASDE - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13135-usda-surprisingly-lowers-corn-and-soybean-yield-and-ending-stocks-in-wasde-agweb.md) | -1.4% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2025-09-18 | [USDA lowers corn, soybean yield forecasts – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13055-usda-lowers-corn-soybean-yield-forecasts-agrinews.md) | -3.3% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2025-11-14 | [USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Production Estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21885-usda-lowers-corn-and-soybean-production-estimates.md) | -0.8% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2017-12-12 | [USDA lowers corn ending stocks estimate - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67346-usda-lowers-corn-ending-stocks-estimate-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.1% | -3.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2021/01/12/usda-releases-january-crop-wasde

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