# Grain glut leaves U.S. farmers facing losses from specialty corn

> Oversupply of common grains has spread to niche markets as many U.S. farmers switched to diversified seed strains after four years of large harvests. Premiums for white corn, about 1% of the 14.6 billion-bushel U.S. crop, have fallen to four-year lows of as little as 5 cents over Chicago corn futures.

- Date: 2018-01-11 · published 2018-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67035-grain-glut-leaves-u-s-farmers-facing-losses-from-specialty-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking specialty premiums cut farm income and signal weak demand relative to supply, which keeps pressure on corn prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-corn-whitecorn/grain-glut-leaves-u-s-farmers-facing-losses-from-specialty-corn-idUSKBN1F033X/

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