# Soybean Production Up in 2018, USDA Reports Winter Wheat Seedings and Grain Stocks also reported

> USDA's NASS Crop Production 2018 Summary reported a record 4.54 billion bushels of soybeans, up 3% from 2017, with yield up 5%. The 2018 corn crop was 14.4 billion bushels, down 1% from the record 2017 harvest, and cotton output fell 12%.

- Date: 2019-02-08 · published 2019-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60450-soybean-production-up-in-2018-usda-reports-winter-wheat-seedings-and-grain
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A record soybean crop and a slightly smaller corn crop add to large US supplies, which weighs on feed and meal prices unless export demand absorbs the surplus.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-01-12 | [Corn Yield and Soybean Production Up in 2017, USDA Reports - Winter Wheat Seedings and Grain Stocks also reported](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66841-corn-yield-and-soybean-production-up-in-2017-usda-reports-winter-wheat-seedings.md) | +3.9% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2024-01-12 | [USDA Releases January Crop Production, WASDE, Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32176-usda-releases-january-crop-production-wasde-dec-1-grain-stocks-and-winter-wheat.md) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2017-01-12 | [Corn and Soybean Production Up in 2016, USDA Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72836-corn-and-soybean-production-up-in-2016-usda-reports.md) | +6.7% | +4.7% |
| SOY | 2025-03-31 | [USDA reports mixed grain stocks, with wheat up and corn down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25651-usda-reports-mixed-grain-stocks-with-wheat-up-and-corn-down.md) | -4.5% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2021-09-30 | [Soybeans Plunge, Wheat Rallies on USDA Stocks and Production Changes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45035-soybeans-plunge-wheat-rallies-on-usda-stocks-and-production-changes.md) | -3.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-01-12 | [Corn Yield and Soybean Production Up in 2017, USDA Reports - Winter Wheat Seedings and Grain Stocks also reported](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66841-corn-yield-and-soybean-production-up-in-2017-usda-reports-winter-wheat-seedings.md) | +1.7% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-01-12 | [USDA Releases January Crop Production, WASDE, Dec. 1 Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32176-usda-releases-january-crop-production-wasde-dec-1-grain-stocks-and-winter-wheat.md) | -0.9% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2017-01-12 | [Corn and Soybean Production Up in 2016, USDA Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72836-corn-and-soybean-production-up-in-2016-usda-reports.md) | +0.1% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- nass.usda.gov: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/archive/2019/02-08-2019.php

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