# Trade Timeline and Corn and Soybean Prices - farmdoc daily

> A farmdoc daily analysis overlays a timeline of U.S.-China trade actions on Central Illinois corn and soybean prices. It notes corn fell from $3.78 to $3.09 and soybeans from $10.34 to $7.84 over five months, with a partial rebound since mid-July.

- Date: 2018-07-31 · published 2018-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63900-trade-timeline-and-corn-and-soybean-prices-farmdoc-daily
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The timeline documents how tariff escalation has pressured U.S. grain prices, reinforcing that trade headlines remain the key downside driver for soybeans and corn.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-05-19 | [Why Do Corn and Soybean Prices Continue to Plummet? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7841-why-do-corn-and-soybean-prices-continue-to-plummet-agweb.md) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-12 | [Trade War Drives Farmers to Corn as China Shuns US Soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8558-trade-war-drives-farmers-to-corn-as-china-shuns-us-soybeans-tt.md) | +2.4% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-08-14 | [Soybean prices rise on U.S.-China trade hopes \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11472-soybean-prices-rise-on-u-s-china-trade-hopes-financial-post.md) | -1.2% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2018-10-03 | [Is the corn market about to feel a soybean trade war hangover?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62575-is-the-corn-market-about-to-feel-a-soybean-trade-war-hangover.md) | -1.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-04-13 | [DDGS prices fall 47% since June high as Chinese demand slides  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71495-ddgs-prices-fall-47-since-june-high-as-chinese-demand-slides-the-daily-digest.md) | -2.1% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2023-05-19 | [Why Do Corn and Soybean Prices Continue to Plummet? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7841-why-do-corn-and-soybean-prices-continue-to-plummet-agweb.md) | -0.7% | +10.0% |
| SOY | 2018-07-12 | [Fall in soybean prices from China trade spat leaves farmers struggling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5851-fall-in-soybean-prices-from-china-trade-spat-leaves-farmers-struggling.md) | +1.5% | +7.7% |
| SOY | 2018-10-12 | [Trade War Drives Farmers to Corn as China Shuns US Soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8558-trade-war-drives-farmers-to-corn-as-china-shuns-us-soybeans-tt.md) | +0.6% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- farmdocdaily.illinois.edu: https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2018/07/trade-timeline-and-corn-and-soybean-prices.html

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