# Market Reaction to USDA’s August Corn Crop Reports

> A RePEc research paper examines how markets reacted to USDA's August corn crop reports, noting that wet spring weather delayed planting across the Corn Belt. It describes trade expectations that planting delays would cut acreage and yields, and that USDA re-surveyed fourteen major states after unusually many unplanted acres.

- Date: 2019-01-01 · published 2019-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60954-market-reaction-to-usda-s-august-corn-crop-reports
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Market reaction to USDA reports shows how sensitive corn prices are to acreage and yield surprises. The paper is academic analysis and does not add new supply information.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-07-11 | [PF Reaction to USDA Reports \| USDA cuts old-, new-crop corn ending stocks - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23714-pf-reaction-to-usda-reports-usda-cuts-old-new-crop-corn-ending-stocks-pro-farmer.md) | -0.7% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-03-11 | [USDA Report Reaction \| Markets have muted response to USDA's March WASDE Report - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25513-usda-report-reaction-markets-have-muted-response-to-usda-s-march-wasde-report.md) | +5.0% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2020-06-11 | [USDA Releases June Crop Production, WASDE Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52459-usda-releases-june-crop-production-wasde-reports.md) | +1.0% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-10-11 | [USDA Reports Summary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62479-usda-reports-summary.md) | +4.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2021-05-12 | [USDA Reports Summary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47039-usda-reports-summary.md) | -7.8% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.302013

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