# USDA lowers old crop corn, soybean stocks on good demand - Brownfield Ag News

> The USDA cut old-crop corn ending stocks by 25 million bushels on higher food, seed and industrial use, and cut soybean stocks by 10 million bushels on a lower crush estimate. New-crop corn, soybean and wheat stocks came in below most pre-report expectations. The agency raised South American corn and soybean production estimates.

- Date: 2017-05-10 · published 2017-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70887-usda-lowers-old-crop-corn-soybean-stocks-on-good-demand-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter U.S. old-crop stocks support nearby corn and soybean prices, while larger South American crops limit longer-term export gains.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-02-08 | [USDA lowers U.S. corn, soybean ending stocks - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60555-usda-lowers-u-s-corn-soybean-ending-stocks-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2018-11-08 | [USDA lowers 2018 corn, soybean crop estimates - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61892-usda-lowers-2018-corn-soybean-crop-estimates-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -6.8% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2017-12-12 | [USDA lowers corn ending stocks estimate - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67346-usda-lowers-corn-ending-stocks-estimate-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.9% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2021-01-13 | [USDA Lowers Soybean Stocks and Corn Yield](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49088-usda-lowers-soybean-stocks-and-corn-yield.md) | +2.0% | +7.5% |
| CORN | 2025-06-12 | [USDA Lowers Old and New Crop U.S. Corn Ending Stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24165-usda-lowers-old-and-new-crop-u-s-corn-ending-stocks.md) | +0.0% | -4.5% |
| SOY | 2019-02-08 | [USDA lowers U.S. corn, soybean ending stocks - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60555-usda-lowers-u-s-corn-soybean-ending-stocks-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2018-11-08 | [USDA lowers 2018 corn, soybean crop estimates - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61892-usda-lowers-2018-corn-soybean-crop-estimates-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.3% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2019-09-30 | [Corn, soybeans up on USDA numbers, weekend weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57014-corn-soybeans-up-on-usda-numbers-weekend-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.8% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-lowers-old-crop-corn-soybean-stocks-good-demand/

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