# Weekly Outlook: Corn prices show lackluster response to smaller crop | College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | Illinois

> USDA's November 8 report cut the U.S. corn yield by 1.8 bushels to 178.9 per acre, lowering production 152 million bushels to 14.63 billion. Consumption projections fell 75 million bushels, and 2018-19 ending stocks were reduced to 1.736 billion bushels. Corn prices showed little reaction to the smaller crop.

- Date: 2018-11-13 · published 2018-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62098-weekly-outlook-corn-prices-show-lackluster-response-to-smaller-crop-college-of
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller crop and tighter stocks-to-use ratio (11.5%) are supportive for feed grain costs, but muted price response signals that large carryover is still limiting rallies.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

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| CORN | 2024-01-11 | [932. December 2023 World Food Price Index \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32196-932-december-2023-world-food-price-index-japan-international-research-center.md) | -1.3% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2020-11-23 | [Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade - WITA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50016-outlook-for-u-s-agricultural-trade-wita.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- aces.illinois.edu: https://aces.illinois.edu/news/weekly-outlook-corn-prices-show-lackluster-response-smaller-crop

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