# Feedback From The Field - Oct. 14, 2019

> Illinois farmers report highly variable yields, with corn averaging 167 bushels per acre, 1.4 below USDA, and soybeans averaging 48 bushels, 1.1 above USDA. The season began with floods, included drought in some areas, and ended with an October blizzard.

- Date: 2019-10-14 · published 2019-10-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56415-feedback-from-the-field-oct-14-2019
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Yields well below last year and a likely first below-normal crop in seven years point to tighter corn supplies, though grower reports came in close to USDA estimates.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-14 | [Feedback From The Field - August 14, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69302-feedback-from-the-field-august-14-2017.md) | -2.0% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2017-11-20 | [Feedback From The Field - Nov. 20, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67834-feedback-from-the-field-nov-20-2017.md) | -0.8% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2018-07-12 | [Feedback From The Field - July 12, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63872-feedback-from-the-field-july-12-2018.md) | +2.9% | +12.0% |
| CORN | 2017-11-27 | [Feedback From The Field - Nov. 27, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67833-feedback-from-the-field-nov-27-2017.md) | +0.6% | +6.3% |
| CORN | 2017-09-25 | [Feedback From The Field - Sept. 25, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68801-feedback-from-the-field-sept-25-2017.md) | +0.1% | +1.1% |
| SOY | 2017-11-20 | [Feedback From The Field - Nov. 20, 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67834-feedback-from-the-field-nov-20-2017.md) | +0.6% | -2.9% |
| SOY | 2018-07-12 | [Feedback From The Field - July 12, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63872-feedback-from-the-field-july-12-2018.md) | +1.5% | +7.7% |
| SOY | 2019-01-23 | [Lessons learned from the 2018 growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60953-lessons-learned-from-the-2018-growing-season.md) | +1.1% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/feedback-from-the-field-oct-14-2019

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