# Corn fundamentals showing weakness - Morning Ag Clips

> Corn price held steady after the April WASDE projected a 200 million bushel increase in 2018-19 ending stocks to 2.035 billion bushels. Export sales are running well behind last year, and the USDA cut its export projection to 2.3 billion bushels.

- Date: 2019-04-16 · published 2019-04-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59592-corn-fundamentals-showing-weakness-morning-ag-clips
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Rising ending stocks and slowing export pace point to weaker corn demand, keeping pressure on corn prices and reducing the attraction of corn as a feed ingredient relative to cheaper alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-05-29 | [Illinois Planting Progress Report for Week Ending May 26 - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13185-illinois-planting-progress-report-for-week-ending-may-26-morning-ag-clips.md) | -4.5% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2019-04-20 | [5 things cattle producers should know about 2019 crop fundamentals - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59747-5-things-cattle-producers-should-know-about-2019-crop-fundamentals-progressive.md) | -1.1% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-10 | [Crop fundamentals create more questions - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13049-crop-fundamentals-create-more-questions-high-plains-journal.md) | +0.3% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2023-11-14 | [Yields Better than Expected Despite Drought in Many Counties - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13234-yields-better-than-expected-despite-drought-in-many-counties-morning-ag-clips.md) | -0.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2017-04-11 | [USDA: More corn for ethanol, less for feed, ending stocks unchanged](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71443-usda-more-corn-for-ethanol-less-for-feed-ending-stocks-unchanged.md) | -1.1% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- morningagclips.com: https://www.morningagclips.com/corn-fundamentals-showing-weakness/

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