# Focus on the United States | World-grain.com | July 11, 2017 19:59 | World Grain

> The IGC projects 2017-18 US grain production at 421 million tonnes, down from 465.9 million, with corn, wheat, barley and sorghum all forecast lower. US grain exports are also projected to fall to 79.5 million tonnes from 92.3 million.

- Date: 2017-07-11 · published 2017-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70016-focus-on-the-united-states-world-grain-com-july-11-2017-19-59-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply smaller US crop and reduced exports tighten global feed grain supplies, supporting corn, sorghum and barley prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-03-17 | [Focus on Saudi Arabia \| 2020-03-17  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54206-focus-on-saudi-arabia-2020-03-17-world-grain.md) | -3.1% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2018-02-23 | [USDA sees mixed crop forecasts in 2018 \| World-grain.com \| February 23, 2018 15:54 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66354-usda-sees-mixed-crop-forecasts-in-2018-world-grain-com-february-23-2018-15-54.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2018-06-11 | [COCERAL forecasts lower E.U. crop production \| World-grain.com \| June 11, 2018 12:32 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64474-coceral-forecasts-lower-e-u-crop-production-world-grain-com-june-11-2018-12-32.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2017-09-22 | [COCERAL lowers E.U. 2017-18 grain crop estimate \| World-grain.com \| September 22, 2017 13:50 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68915-coceral-lowers-e-u-2017-18-grain-crop-estimate-world-grain-com-september-22.md) | +0.2% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2017-12-04 | [U.S. ag exports forecast to climb to $140 billion \| World-grain.com \| December 04, 2017 14:36 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67348-u-s-ag-exports-forecast-to-climb-to-140-billion-world-grain-com-december-04.md) | +0.1% | +5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-03 | [Focus on Australia \| World-grain.com \| November 03, 2017 19:27 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67937-focus-on-australia-world-grain-com-november-03-2017-19-27-world-grain.md) | +0.1% | -1.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-12 | [India 2017 \| World-grain.com \| January 12, 2017 19:50 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72972-india-2017-world-grain-com-january-12-2017-19-50-world-grain.md) | +0.9% | +5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-06-19 | [Brazil on track for record corn output \| World-grain.com \| June 19, 2017 15:09 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70330-brazil-on-track-for-record-corn-output-world-grain-com-june-19-2017-15-09-world.md) | -0.7% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/10277-focus-on-the-united-states

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