# Trend Deviations for Top Corn & Bean States

> DTN analyst Joel Karlin compares 2017 state corn and soybean yields with 25-year trends. The national corn yield was a record 175.4 bpa and soybeans came in at 49.5 bpa. Dakotas, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin fell below trend, while Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and North Carolina ran 15% or more above it.

- Date: 2017-12-21 · published 2017-12-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67337-trend-deviations-for-top-corn-and-bean-states
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A record national corn yield signals large supplies and bearish pressure on corn futures. Soybean yield weakness in the north reinforces the supply picture.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-28 | [U.S. corn plantings top expectations despite floods; prices sink](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58537-u-s-corn-plantings-top-expectations-despite-floods-prices-sink.md) | -2.0% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2017-08-14 | [Brazil: Estimates for corn and soybean crop are raised again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69285-brazil-estimates-for-corn-and-soybean-crop-are-raised-again.md) | -2.0% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2025-09-30 | [Report Reaction \| Corn stocks top expectations - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9843-report-reaction-corn-stocks-top-expectations-pro-farmer.md) | +0.8% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-10-15 | [October WASDE: Top takeaways for corn, soybeans and wheat](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27804-october-wasde-top-takeaways-for-corn-soybeans-and-wheat.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2024-05-30 | [Corn, Soybean Stocks-to-Use Ratios](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30286-corn-soybean-stocks-to-use-ratios.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |
| SOY | 2019-09-16 | [Generally Good Growing Conditions in Top Corn/Bean States](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56906-generally-good-growing-conditions-in-top-corn-bean-states.md) | -0.2% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2026-09-11 | [DTN Yield Models Trend Slightly Down for Corn, Up for Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12960-dtn-yield-models-trend-slightly-down-for-corn-up-for-soybeans.md) | +0.3% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2025-02-11 | [USDA Defies Expectations, Holds Corn and Soybean Ending Stocks Steady](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25987-usda-defies-expectations-holds-corn-and-soybean-ending-stocks-steady.md) | -1.0% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/fundamentally-speaking/blog-post/2017/12/21/trend-deviations-top-corn-bean

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