• April 18, 2025 – U.S. corn planting progress this week was 4%, just below the 6% average. Drought conditions in the North Central region held about steady. The grain use sections looks at exports sales amid current turmoil and uncertainty around tariffs and trade.

• April 11, 2025 – The only revisions to the supply and demand tables for U.S. corn in the April WASDE were to the use categories: feed down 25 million, exports up 100 million, and ending stocks down 75 million. The season average farm price was unchanged at $4.35.

• April 4, 2025 – Corn acres come in higher than expected in the Prospective Plantings report. The grain use and outside markets topic this week is trade and tariffs.

• March 28, 2025 – The eastern half of the Corn Belt is dryer than normal with planting season just around the corner. USDA will release its Prospective Plantings report, a survey of farmers’ intended acres for 2025, on Monday March 31. Feed is the focus of the grain use section this week.

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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