# Trade tensions, prices weigh on farm decisions - Texas Farm Bureau

> USDA projects principal crop plantings in the US falling about 4 million acres this year to the lowest level in roughly eight years. Texas cotton and sorghum acres are forecast down, with trade disputes with China cited as cutting Texas sorghum exports.

- Date: 2019-05-06 · published 2019-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59152-trade-tensions-prices-weigh-on-farm-decisions-texas-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower planted acreage for sorghum and other crops tightens feed grain supply, but the China export loss pressures sorghum prices, with growers estimating about a dollar per bushel of pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-12 | [Feed prices will weigh on livestock budgets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47726-feed-prices-will-weigh-on-livestock-budgets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.9% | +25.0% |
| CORN | 2020-07-09 | [Look for profit, not price in market decisions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52225-look-for-profit-not-price-in-market-decisions.md) | -5.2% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2018-07-19 | [U.S. Grain Prices Crunched by Trade Fears  - WSJ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6565-u-s-grain-prices-crunched-by-trade-fears-wsj.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-05-12 | [Report Reaction \| Wheat futures surge after USDA pegs production well below trade expectations - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10791-report-reaction-wheat-futures-surge-after-usda-pegs-production-well-below-trade.md) | +1.8% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-31 | [Soybeans Trumping Corn in 18 States \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72026-soybeans-trumping-corn-in-18-states-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2017-11-09 | [Latest WASDE tightens lid on prices even more - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67931-latest-wasde-tightens-lid-on-prices-even-more-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.2% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2025-09-29 | [Record Corn Crop Weighs on Prices Thru Harvest - ADM Investor Services](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22895-record-corn-crop-weighs-on-prices-thru-harvest-adm-investor-services.md) | +0.4% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2019-12-04 | [USDA report: Grain, hay prices up during fall - Mid-West Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55650-usda-report-grain-hay-prices-up-during-fall-mid-west-farm-report.md) | +3.5% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/trade-tensions-prices-weigh-farm-decisions/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.