# Crops Analysis | Soy complex shines - Pro Farmer

> July corn fell 1 3/4 cents to $4.48 in a low-range close as USDA's May Supply and Demand Report lowered old-crop ending stocks by 50 million bushels to 1.415 billion and raised old-crop exports. USDA's first new-crop outlook put 2025/26 corn ending stocks at 1.8 billion bushels, 220 million below trade expectations, on 95.3 million planted acres and a trendline yield of 181 bushels per acre.

- Date: 2025-05-12 · published 2025-05-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9502-crops-analysis-soy-complex-shines-pro-farmer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower-than-expected new-crop stocks signal a tighter balance sheet, which supports corn prices, though a firm dollar and weak inspections limited gains that day.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-15 | [Crops Analysis \| Meal futures post multi-year high - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17583-crops-analysis-meal-futures-post-multi-year-high-pro-farmer.md) | +1.2% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2022-08-29 | [Pro Farmer Releases 2022 National Corn and Soybean Crop Estimates - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13335-pro-farmer-releases-2022-national-corn-and-soybean-crop-estimates-pro-farmer.md) | +0.5% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-23 | [Pro Farmer releases 2024 national corn and soybean estimates - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13160-pro-farmer-releases-2024-national-corn-and-soybean-estimates-pro-farmer.md) | +0.2% | +6.1% |
| CORN | 2023-08-25 | [Pro Farmer releases 2023 national corn and soybean estimates - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13255-pro-farmer-releases-2023-national-corn-and-soybean-estimates-pro-farmer.md) | -2.2% | -9.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-19 | [Corn and soybean crops at mid-season, 2019 - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57920-corn-and-soybean-crops-at-mid-season-2019-farmdoc.md) | -0.6% | -11.3% |

## Sources

- profarmer.com: https://www.profarmer.com/pro-farmer-max/crops-analysis/crops-analysis-soy-complex-shines

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