# Grain Highlights

> Informa Economics forecast US corn area for 2018 at 91.415 million acres, above the prior 90.46 million. Strategie Grains put EU 2018 wheat area at 23.8 million hectares and EU corn area at 8.5 million. Brazil's Parana corn crop is forecast down 38% year on year, and Ukraine's corn harvest was 78% complete at an average yield of 5.18 t/ha.

- Date: 2017-11-20 · published 2017-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68105-grain-highlights
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Larger expected US corn plantings are bearish for corn over the coming year, while a sharp Parana crop shortfall supports Brazilian corn demand for imports.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-05 | [Grain Highlights 05.04.2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47484-grain-highlights-05-04-2021.md) | +0.4% | +22.0% |
| CORN | 2026-10-29 | [High Freight Costs Pressure Record U.S. Grain Movement -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/2023-high-freight-costs-pressure-record-u-s-grain-movement.md) | -1.5% | — |
| CORN | 2017-02-10 | [Daily Grain Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72451-daily-grain-report.md) | +0.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2018-09-15 | [Grain prices down—hay prices up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63165-grain-prices-down-hay-prices-up.md) | +3.1% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2025-11-17 | [Grains Report 11/17/2025 - Market InsightsMarket Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10500-grains-report-11-17-2025-market-insightsmarket-insights.md) | +0.7% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-05 | [Grain Highlights 05.04.2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47484-grain-highlights-05-04-2021.md) | +0.7% | +4.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-12 | [Soybeans Surge Near 9-Year High \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11984-soybeans-surge-near-9-year-high-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.5% | -4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-28 | [Grains Report 03/28/2024 - Market InsightsMarket Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31242-grains-report-03-28-2024-market-insightsmarket-insights.md) | -1.2% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/13373

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