# Is trend yield back in play for the US corn crop?

> Recent crop conditions suggest that July's cooler, wetter weather may have brought average US corn yields back toward trend. A dry and potentially warmer pattern is expected through the end of July, which could limit that outlook.

- Date: 2023-07-18 · published 2023-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7058-is-trend-yield-back-in-play-for-the-us-corn-crop
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A return to trend yields would add supply and pressure corn prices, but forecast dryness could offset that effect and keep prices supported in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-27 | [The Big Unknown in Corn Yield Forecasts \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58455-the-big-unknown-in-corn-yield-forecasts-cropwatch-nebraska.md) | -2.5% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2022-12-01 | [The results are in: Southern Missouri struggled for corn yield \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13318-the-results-are-in-southern-missouri-struggled-for-corn-yield-farm-progress.md) | -3.3% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2017-02-10 | [Second crop corn coming in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72334-second-crop-corn-coming-in-brazil.md) | +0.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2023-02-10 | [Climatologist to Crop Insurers: Corn Yields up, But Likely to go Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13300-climatologist-to-crop-insurers-corn-yields-up-but-likely-to-go-down.md) | -0.6% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2025-07-09 | [Can US corn yield meet ballooning expectations?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13071-can-us-corn-yield-meet-ballooning-expectations.md) | -1.4% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/is-trend-yield-back-play-us-corn-crop-2023-07-18/

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