• February 13, 2026 – The only change to supply and use categories for U.S. corn in the February WASDE was to exports. Reflecting recent strength in weekly export sales reports, USDA increased corn exports in the current marketing year by 100 million bushels.

• January 30, 2026 – The drought monitor for the North Central Region is little changed since the first of January, though ‘extreme’ drought conditions persist from eastern Illinois to northwest Ohio. Corn crop conditions in South America continue to look favorable.

• January 23, 2026 – The focus of the grain use section this week is the feed use category, the largest use category for corn in USDA’s supply and demand balance sheet. We look at recent updates to livestock and poultry inventory numbers and the impact that may have on feed grain consumption.

• January 12, 2026 – With an increase in both harvested area and yield, the size of the 2025 U.S. corn crop is now estimated to top 17 billion bushels. Along with the record crop in the U.S. was an increase in production in China, the second largest corn producer in the world.

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

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