# Is This the Year of Super Corn?

> USDA's Nov. 9 World Supply and Demand Estimates raised the US corn yield to a record 175.4 bpa despite drought in parts of the Plains and Corn Belt. The author questions the estimate given the dry conditions and the poor crop ratings. Subsoil moisture data show drought stress was significant in the northwestern Plains.

- Date: 2017-11-14 · published 2017-11-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67835-is-this-the-year-of-super-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A record yield estimate expands supply and weighs on corn futures and corn-based feed costs. Doubts about the number could make the market vulnerable to later downward revisions.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-05-13 | [Column: USDA less worried about next year's corn supply than the market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47038-column-usda-less-worried-about-next-year-s-corn-supply-than-the-market.md) | -7.7% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-01-29 | [The seasonal decline in supply raises prices on corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61121-the-seasonal-decline-in-supply-raises-prices-on-corn.md) | -0.4% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2022-06-30 | [Corn crumbles on rising stocks – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40953-corn-crumbles-on-rising-stocks-the-seam.md) | +1.0% | -16.7% |
| CORN | 2022-11-21 | [China’s October corn imports fall by 57.9% year-on-year - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14887-china-s-october-corn-imports-fall-by-57-9-year-on-year-fastmarkets.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2025-04-02 | [February corn consumption declines 6% year-over-year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25210-february-corn-consumption-declines-6-year-over-year.md) | +1.0% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2017/11/14/year-super-corn

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