# USDA’s updated feedstock calculator puts field data at the center | MyAgLife

> USDA released version 1.2 of its Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator on September 11, which scores each field separately instead of using a whole-farm average. The calculator covers field corn, soybeans, sorghum and spring canola, with field-level yield and nitrogen records as key inputs.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T21:11:12.077Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70825-usda-s-updated-feedstock-calculator-puts-field-data-at-the-center-myaglife
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower carbon scores could raise demand for qualifying feedstocks, but farmer premiums still depend on biofuel buyers paying for the lower intensity.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- CANMEAL: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-23 | [USDA Details Trade Damage Estimate Calculations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57591-usda-details-trade-damage-estimate-calculations.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-01-10 | [CRU: Winter in China Tightens Feedstock Supply Idling Additional Urea Plants](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67289-cru-winter-in-china-tightens-feedstock-supply-idling-additional-urea-plants.md) | +1.1% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2024-07-24 | [EP. 46 - Defending Biotech Corn on the International Stage: An Update On the USMCA Dispute Over Mexico’s Ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29235-ep-46-defending-biotech-corn-on-the-international-stage-an-update-on-the-usmca.md) | -1.8% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2018-09-13 | [bilaterals.org \| 'This is life or death for us': Mexico's farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63002-bilaterals-org-this-is-life-or-death-for-us-mexico-s-farm-movement-rejects-new.md) | +0.3% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2022-07-11 | [As more sectors eye corn, feed makers make a case for GM products - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40607-as-more-sectors-eye-corn-feed-makers-make-a-case-for-gm-products-the.md) | -14.4% | -15.9% |
| SOY | 2019-08-23 | [USDA Details Trade Damage Estimate Calculations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57591-usda-details-trade-damage-estimate-calculations.md) | +0.0% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2024-12-04 | [The EU Deforestation Regulation: an update and what it means for companies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26993-the-eu-deforestation-regulation-an-update-and-what-it-means-for-companies.md) | +0.3% | +0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-08-15 | [Were southern soybean farmers at top of mind in the design of recent USDA tariff and disaster relief programs?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57597-were-southern-soybean-farmers-at-top-of-mind-in-the-design-of-recent-usda.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- myaglife.com: https://myaglife.com/2026/11/01/usdas-updated-feedstock-calculator-puts-field-data-at-the-center/

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