# USDA Reports Provide Surprises for Corn

> USDA's quarterly Grain Stocks report showed March 1 corn stocks of 8.605 billion bushels, above the trade average of 8.335 billion. The Prospective Plantings report also showed higher-than-expected corn planted acreage, while soybean stocks and acreage were neutral to slightly positive.

- Date: 2019-01-01 · published 2019-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61054-usda-reports-provide-surprises-for-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Bigger stocks and more acres both point to ample corn supplies, which is bearish for corn feed prices. Soybeans were little changed by the reports.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-12-14 | [USDA reports provide few surprises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7515-usda-reports-provide-few-surprises.md) | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2019-01-01 | [USDA Reports Provide Little Support for Corn and Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61053-usda-reports-provide-little-support-for-corn-and-soybeans.md) | +1.4% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-06-28 | [USDA Reports Surprise Sends Corn Market Reeling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58539-usda-reports-surprise-sends-corn-market-reeling.md) | -2.0% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-01 | [USDA Grain Stocks Report Surprises Corn and Wheat - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9845-usda-grain-stocks-report-surprises-corn-and-wheat-rfd.md) | +1.4% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-03-08 | [USDA Reports Summary - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60034-usda-reports-summary-proag.md) | +0.8% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2025-10-01 | [USDA Grain Stocks Report Surprises Corn and Wheat - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9845-usda-grain-stocks-report-surprises-corn-and-wheat-rfd.md) | +2.0% | +7.6% |
| SOY | 2019-03-08 | [USDA Reports Summary - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60034-usda-reports-summary-proag.md) | -0.1% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2020-07-06 | [USDA Surprises Drive Corn Prices Higher - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52152-usda-surprises-drive-corn-prices-higher-farmdoc-daily.md) | -0.1% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.298533

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