# USDA Officials Provide Exclusive Interview on September Report Error

> USDA officials said a computer weighting issue caused an error in September corn yield estimates, mainly affecting Kansas and Nebraska. Correcting it raised the national estimate by 0.3 bushel per acre to 178.8; officials said the October forecast of a record 181.2 bushels per acre was validated and unaffected.

- Date: 2026-11-07 · published 2026-11-07T06:15:38.427Z
- Category: report · region United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85595-usda-officials-provide-exclusive-interview-on-september-report-error
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Clarifying the error may help restore confidence in USDA data, but the correction itself made only a small change to the national corn estimate. The October record forecast remains intact, keeping the supply outlook ample and potentially weighing on corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-12-14 | [USDA reports provide few surprises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7515-usda-reports-provide-few-surprises.md) | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2024-09-12 | [USDA Forecasts Record Corn Yield of 183.6 BPA in September Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28256-usda-forecasts-record-corn-yield-of-183-6-bpa-in-september-report.md) | +4.9% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2019-01-01 | [USDA Reports Provide Surprises for Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61054-usda-reports-provide-surprises-for-corn.md) | +1.4% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-08-14 | [USDA Reports Review - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57550-usda-reports-review-proag.md) | -1.2% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-11 | [USDA reports offer mixed view](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58044-usda-reports-offer-mixed-view.md) | +0.2% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/usda-officials-provide-exclusive-interview-september-report-error

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