# U.S. Crop Production Unlikely to Suffer Much From Floods

> USDA's Prospective Plantings report showed farmers intend to plant 92.8 million acres of corn and 84.6 million acres of soybeans this spring. Flooding of 0.5 to 1.1 million acres is expected to have only a marginal effect on production.

- Date: 2019-04-01 · published 2019-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59446-u-s-crop-production-unlikely-to-suffer-much-from-floods
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Large planting intentions point to ample corn and soybean supplies, which is a mildly bearish signal for feed grain and meal prices. Flood losses are small relative to national acreage and do not change the outlook much.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-03-10 | [USDA Releases March Crop Production, WASDE Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20107-usda-releases-march-crop-production-wasde-reports.md) | +3.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2016-11-09 | [Corn, soybean markets drop after USDA hikes production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73821-corn-soybean-markets-drop-after-usda-hikes-production.md) | -6.6% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2020-01-10 | [Grain markets fall on WASDE, Crop Production Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55018-grain-markets-fall-on-wasde-crop-production-reports.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2023-03-22 | [Land of Lincoln leads in crop production, yield](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13294-land-of-lincoln-leads-in-crop-production-yield.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2023-04-06 | [EU cereal production to rise, imports to fall -  Free](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36336-eu-cereal-production-to-rise-imports-to-fall-free.md) | -0.4% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2016-11-09 | [Corn, soybean markets drop after USDA hikes production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73821-corn-soybean-markets-drop-after-usda-hikes-production.md) | -1.6% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2023-03-22 | [Land of Lincoln leads in crop production, yield](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13294-land-of-lincoln-leads-in-crop-production-yield.md) | +0.1% | +2.7% |
| SOY | 2024-12-11 | [Forecast for U.S. Oilseed Production in 2024–2025 – Market-Tracker](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27058-forecast-for-u-s-oilseed-production-in-2024-2025-market-tracker.md) | -1.8% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/us-crop-production-unlikely-to-suffer-much-from-floods

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