• July 18, 2025 – U.S. corn crop condition ratings continue to point to impressive yield potential for 2025. 74% of the crop is rated as good and excellent combined, 5% in the very poor and poor categories (unchanged from the week before).

• July 11, 2025 – The major revisions to the U.S. corn supply and demand balance sheet in the July WASDE reflect information from last month’s Acreage report: planted acres down 100,000 and harvested acres down 600,000. This lowered the 2025 production estimate by 115 million bushels.

• June 30, 2025 – The Acreage report shows U.S. corn plantings down from the March Prospective Plantings survey and a lower harvested corn number than previously estimated. Corn stocks are down compared to last year on record corn use in the December to June time frame.

• June 24, 2025 – The only change to the supply and demand balance sheet for U.S. corn in the June WASDE came from a 50 million bushel increase in exports of the 2024 crop. Though down this week, the U.S. corn crop condition index is above average and on par with 2024.

Mark Welch
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist
600 John Kimbrough Blvd
TAMU 2124
College Station, Texas 77843
Tel. (979)845-8011
Fax. (979)845-4906
JMWelch(at)tamu.edu

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