# Preventive US corn sowning drives prices up steeply

> US corn seed orders lagged well behind normal because of wet, cold weather, with under 60% of planned corn area ordered versus roughly 90% in a typical year. The analysis estimates corn area down about 15% and average yields down 10%, cutting the US crop to under 340 million tonnes from 380 million previously forecast.

- Date: 2019-05-29 · published 2019-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59124-preventive-us-corn-sowning-drives-prices-up-steeply
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply smaller US corn crop would cut exports from the world's largest maize exporter and tighten feed supplies. The expected shortfall is already lifting prices, so buyers should anticipate higher corn and feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-06-26 | [Corn: Dry weather forecasts drive up corn prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18832-corn-dry-weather-forecasts-drive-up-corn-prices.md) | -1.3% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-26 | [Low rainfall in US Midwest drives corn prices higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51639-low-rainfall-in-us-midwest-drives-corn-prices-higher.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2017-06-09 | [DDG Prices Driven Higher by Rise in Corn Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70594-ddg-prices-driven-higher-by-rise-in-corn-futures.md) | -1.0% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2021-05-07 | [Iowa farmers wary as drought deepens even with corn, soybean prices up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46944-iowa-farmers-wary-as-drought-deepens-even-with-corn-soybean-prices-up.md) | -3.0% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2023-06-23 | [US Corn Crop Withers to Worst Conditions Since 1992, Driving Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9765-us-corn-crop-withers-to-worst-conditions-since-1992-driving-prices-higher.md) | -8.6% | -15.1% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/grains/news/market-report-preventive-us-corn-sowning-drives-prices-steeply-2019-05-29

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