# Massive corn crop could have more impact on barley prices than tariffs.. | Farm Online | ACT

> USDA projects a record US corn crop of nearly 435 million tonnes for 2020, up about 17% from last year's weather-hit crop. Planting is ahead of normal with good soil moisture, and some analysts see corn falling below $3 a bushel.

- Date: 2020-05-19 · published 2020-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53199-massive-corn-crop-could-have-more-impact-on-barley-prices-than-tariffs-farm
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A large US corn crop and falling corn prices undercut the feed grain complex and could weigh on Australian barley prices more than the China tariffs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-11-16 | [Large U.S. corn crop to put pressure on feed barley prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33260-large-u-s-corn-crop-to-put-pressure-on-feed-barley-prices.md) | +0.0% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-03-03 | [High domestic coarse grain prices mask global slowdown \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54100-high-domestic-coarse-grain-prices-mask-global-slowdown-farm-online-act.md) | +1.3% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2022-05-28 | [Where Could Corn and Soybean Prices Be this Fall? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41429-where-could-corn-and-soybean-prices-be-this-fall-agweb.md) | -5.3% | -4.9% |
| CORN | 2023-09-19 | [More Corn Acres and the Prospect of Large Stocks and Low Prices - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7187-more-corn-acres-and-the-prospect-of-large-stocks-and-low-prices-farmdoc-daily.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Global crop estimates down \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58041-global-crop-estimates-down-farm-online-act.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6762658/massive-corn-crop-equal-threat-to-barley-values/

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