9/10/2021

Sep 10, 2021


9/10/2021
Slightly higher trade for corn and soybeans overnight inside of a relatively small range leading up to the 11:00am report time.  The USDA made an 8am sale announcement of 132,000 tonnes of soybeans to China for 2021/22 this morning.  Overall, the WASDE report was a little more unfriendly than trade expectations but, after trending lower for 3 weeks, the market had already priced in report negativity, and then some.  Weekly closes in Murdock: cash corn down 24, new crop corn 7 lower, cash and new crop beans both down 4 cents on the week.

WASDE Summary
Corn: A small increase to old crop ending stocks, more acres, more yield, USDA used to some magic to offset added production with some increased exports and feed & residual numbers.  2021/22 Ending stocks still increased by 166 million bushels (an additional 700,000 acres added in is possible, yet).

Soybeans: An interesting combination of changes, a few less acres but added yield for a net increase in production.  Small net change in total use.  I’m skeptical on the national soybean yield above 50.  The volume of soybean acres in the Dakotas has the potential to drag that number down.

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Oct 09, 2026
USDA Report Update:
Well, the USDA gave us an absolute shocker this morning and raised the corn yield up to 181.2 bpa vs 178.5 in September.  The average trade guess was lower at 177.7 bpa.  The carryout is now up to 1.849 billion bushels vs 1.567 in September.  They raised Exports up 25 million, Feed and residual up 50 million and Ethanol up 50 million.  Corn is currently down 28 cents on this news.  This is an absolute shocker to the corn market. 
Sep 11, 2026
It is USDA report day and it seemed like one of the most important reports we have had in a while.  The USDA placed corn yield at 178.5 bpa vs an average guess of 178.2.  They were in line with expectations and admitting we have an issue brewing.  This likely won’t be our lowest yield we see, but it at least drew a line in the sand for a starting point. 
Jul 10, 2026
USDA report day was slightly friendly to the grain markets.
Corn:
25/26 corn carryout was pegged at 2.020 billion bushels vs an average guess of 2.073 billion.  The main changes to this year’s balance sheet had feed and residual usage up 150 million bushels while they decreased ethanol by 25 million bushels.  Corn Yield for next year was estimated at 183 bushel per acre, which was about as expected.