• May 16, 2025 –  The May WASDE showed an increase in supply greater than the projected increase in use for US corn. World corn ending stocks went down. The drought monitor for the North Central Region shows an increase in drought coverage and the severity index but rain is in the forecast.

• May 9, 2025 – The U.S. drought monitor shows the area impacted by drought in the North Central Region ticking higher this week from 55% to 57% and the drought severity index up 3 points. Fuel is the focus of this week’s Grain Use section.

• May 5, 2025 – U.S. corn planting progress as of May 4 was 40%. This is just below the average of 45% but ahead of 36% last year. The drought monitor shows conditions improving again last week in the North Central Region with the area under drought down from 58% to 55%.

• April 25, 2025 – Corn planting progress on April 20 was 12%, just ahead of a normal pace of 11%. Some improvement this week in the Drought Monitor for the North Central Region. Updated inventories from the poultry sector show expansion in broiler chick placements but layers still declining.

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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