# USDA Stumbles on Release of Market-Moving Crop Report

> USDA's November crop report was unavailable for about 10 minutes because of a website outage in Kansas City. Corn futures moved higher during the delay and closed up after the official numbers showed a slightly smaller crop than expected. The incident drew scrutiny over the agency's release systems.

- Date: 2019-11-12 · published 2019-11-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56018-usda-stumbles-on-release-of-market-moving-crop-report
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The outage affected only the timing of a report that showed a modestly smaller corn crop, so the price move reflects the crop estimate more than the delay itself. Corn prices gained on the smaller supply.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-08 | [USDA Releases February Crop Production, WASDE Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37262-usda-releases-february-crop-production-wasde-reports.md) | -0.3% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2019-09-30 | [USDA Releases Market-Friendly Data for Corn and Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57009-usda-releases-market-friendly-data-for-corn-and-soybeans.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2021-10-18 | [Wheat prices rose sharply after the release of the October USDA report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44584-wheat-prices-rose-sharply-after-the-release-of-the-october-usda-report.md) | +1.5% | +13.0% |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [USDA Releases July 2025 WASDE Report \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23709-usda-releases-july-2025-wasde-report-agriculture-of-america.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-07-10 | [USDA Releases July 2026 WASDE Report \| Agriculture of America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18281-usda-releases-july-2026-wasde-report-agriculture-of-america.md) | +2.1% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/usda-stumbles-on-release-of-market-moving-crop-report

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