# Reviewing County-Level Corn and Soybean Yields in 2018 | Farm Bureau Intel Markets | American Farm Bureau Federation

> USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released county-level yield estimates on March 21 showing the 2018 US average corn yield at 176.4 bushels per acre, slightly below 2017. Yield declines were concentrated in the Southeast after hurricanes and in the western Corn Belt after harvest-season precipitation.

- Date: 2019-03-25 · published 2019-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59918-reviewing-county-level-corn-and-soybean-yields-in-2018-farm-bureau-intel
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Confirmed 2018 yield data is largely backward-looking, so the price effect is modest, though it reinforces that the 2018 crop was not especially tight.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-05-31 | [Broiler Bird Weights Keep Lid on Production \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71145-broiler-bird-weights-keep-lid-on-production-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american.md) | +1.7% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2024-08-13 | [August WASDE, Crop Production Reports Buoy Expectations for Large Crops \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10467-august-wasde-crop-production-reports-buoy-expectations-for-large-crops-farm.md) | -1.2% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-12-14 | [Corn and Soybean Yields in 2022 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13311-corn-and-soybean-yields-in-2022-farmdoc-daily.md) | +0.8% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2017-01-01 | [Corn and Soybean Production Outlook in 2017-18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72931-corn-and-soybean-production-outlook-in-2017-18.md) | +0.3% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-11 | [Soybean yields not increasing relative to corn yields - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64876-soybean-yields-not-increasing-relative-to-corn-yields-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.1% | -2.8% |
| SOY | 2022-12-14 | [Corn and Soybean Yields in 2022 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13311-corn-and-soybean-yields-in-2022-farmdoc-daily.md) | -0.1% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2026-05-13 | [2025 NASS County Corn, Soybean, and Winter Wheat Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12994-2025-nass-county-corn-soybean-and-winter-wheat-yields.md) | -0.3% | -7.5% |
| SOY | 2023-03-30 | [2022's Best and Worst County Soybean Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13292-2022-s-best-and-worst-county-soybean-yields.md) | +2.3% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- fb.org: https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/reviewing-county-level-corn-and-soybean-yields-in-2018

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