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USDA Releases August Crop Production, WASDE Reports

USDA released its August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday, Aug. 12. (Logo courtesy of USDA)

OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday forecast a record corn crop at whopping 16.7 billion bushels with record yields projected for both corn at 188.8 bushels per acre – shattering another record.

USDA also bumped up the soybean yield to 53.6 bpa, just below the record, though USDA lowered soybean production 43 million bushels to 4.292 billion bushels.

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USDA released its August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.

Stay tuned throughout the morning and refresh this page often. We will be sending a series of updates with the important highlights from Tuesday's reports, including commentary from our analysts.

You can also view the full reports here:

-- Crop Production: https://www.nass.usda.gov/…

-- World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE): http://www.usda.gov/…

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Join us for DTN's webinar at 12:30 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 12, as we discuss USDA's new estimates in light of recent market events. Questions are welcome, and registrants will receive a replay link for viewing at their convenience. Register here for Tuesday's August WASDE report webinar: https://www.dtn.com/….

U.S. PRODUCTION (Million Bushels) 2025-26
Aug Avg High Low Jul 2024-25
Corn 16,742 15,991 16,323 15,705 15,705 14,867
Soybeans 4,292 4,371 4,439 4,290 4,335 4,366
All Wheat 1,927 1,925 1,950 1,879 1,929 1,971
Winter 1,355 1,349 1,374 1,328 1,345 1,349
HRW 769 758 774 748 755 770
SRW 339 338 345 336 337 342
White 247 252 260 243 254 236
Other Spring 484 497 515 478 504 542
Durum 87 80 90 74 80 80
U.S. AVERAGE YIELD (Bushels Per Acre) 2025-26 (WASDE)
Aug Avg High Low Jul 2024
Corn 188.8 184.3 188.1 181.0 181.0 179.3
Soybeans 53.6 53.0 53.7 52.0 52.5 50.7
U.S. ENDING STOCKS (Million Bushels) 2024-25
Aug Avg High Low Jul
Corn 1,305 1,318 1,340 1,290 1,340
Soybeans 330 344 355 305 350
Wheat 851 850 851 845 851
U.S. ENDING STOCKS (Million Bushels) 2025-26
Aug Avg High Low Jul
Corn 2,117 1,916 2,333 1,666 1,660
Soybeans 290 359 416 310 310
Wheat 869 885 920 860 890
WORLD ENDING STOCKS (million metric tons) 2024-25
Aug Avg High Low Jul
Corn 283.1 285.6 290.0 282.6 284.2
Soybeans 125.2 125.0 126.7 124.1 125.1
Wheat 262.7 263.6 264.0 263.0 263.6
WORLD ENDING STOCKS (million metric tons) 2025-26
Aug Avg High Low Jul
Corn 282.5 279.1 283.9 272.6 272.1
Soybeans 124.9 127.9 129.0 126.5 126.1
Wheat 260.1 261.8 263.5 260.1 261.5
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