U.S. Balance Sheet
WASDE · Oct 9, 2026-
Ending stocks From 1.57B bu in Sep · stocks-to-use 11.3% 1.85B bu
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Production
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Exports
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Season-average farm price
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USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for October 2026, released Oct 9: the U.S. corn balance sheet. Changes are against the September report.
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Crop Progress
Corn · Oct 11-
Good to excellent Up 2 points from last week · poor or very poor 17% 56%
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Harvested
USDA NASS Crop Progress, week ending Oct 11. Next report today · 4:00 pm ET.
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Drought
U.S. Drought Monitor · Oct 13 map- None 25.5%
- D0 abnormally dry 20.8%
- D1 moderate 23.4%
- D2 severe 20.5%
- D3 extreme 8.5%
- D4 exceptional 1.3%
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Contiguous U.S. Down 1 point from last week · vs 47% on the 5-year average 54% in drought
Share of area in each U.S. Drought Monitor category, D0 (abnormally dry) to D4 (exceptional); "in drought" is D1 or worse. Map as of Tuesday Oct 13, released Oct 15. Produced jointly by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA and NOAA.
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Export Sales
Week ending Oct 8-
Season total 25% of USDA's forecast · only week 6 of 2026/27, so pace comparisons are still volatile 20.7M t
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Net sales this week
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Sold, not shipped
USDA Export Sales Report for the week ending Oct 8, released Oct 16; the next one is out Oct 22 at 8:30 am ET. Season forecast: WASDE, Oct 2026.
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Stocks & Acreage
Sep 1, 2026-
Stocks, Sep 1, 2026 Count came in on USDA’s balance sheet · 38% on farms 2.10B bu
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Implied use
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Planted, 2026
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Cash basis
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Storage signal
USDA NASS Grain Stocks as of Sep 1, released Sep 30. Implied use is the drawdown in stocks between the two dates, before imports. Planted area from USDA’s Crop Production, Oct 9 (June Acreage 95.3M ac, March intentions 95.3M ac).
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Corn Grind
Week ending Oct 9-
Corn grind 0.6% behind the pace USDA’s 5.65B bu needs 108.0M bu
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Production
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Stocks
EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending Oct 9, released Oct 14; the next is out Wednesday, Oct 21, at 10:30 am ET. Corn grind at 2.9 gallons of ethanol a bushel; the pace is the 2026/27 forecast (WASDE, Oct 2026) spread over 52 weeks.
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Canadian Balance Sheet
AAFC · Sep 25-
Production, 2026-27 StatCan, Oct 9 · AAFC’s September forecast 16.55Mt 16.55Mt
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Exports, 2026-27
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Carry-out, 2026-27
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AAFC forecast price
AAFC Outlook for Principal Field Crops, September edition (Sep 25), changes against the August edition; the next Outlook is expected around Tue, Oct 20. Statistics Canada: production from the September model-based estimate, area from the September estimate, stocks as of Jul 31; Statistics Canada's Production of principal field crops is out Fri, Dec 4 at 8:30 am ET.
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More for members
- The full U.S. balance sheetWhat moved this month, every line against last month and last year, and the earlier years
- Every stage and every stateCondition and pace charts against last year and the 5-year average, the report’s states on a map with a page each, soil moisture and the Drought Monitor
- Drought by stateEvery state on a map and ranked by its share in drought, with severe drought, a year ago and the severity index
- The full export reportWeekly net sales, the season’s pace against earlier years, every destination on a map, and the grain inspected for export
- Stocks and acreage in fullThree years of quarterly stocks with the on- and off-farm split, stocks and planted area by state, the year’s earlier acreage estimates and ten years of planted area
- The grind against USDA’s paceThe season so far and the weekly need against USDA’s figure, with a year of production and stocks charted against the year before, the Midwest’s share and the record week.
- The whole Canadian balance sheetEvery line of AAFC’s outlook for the crop year under way and the one ending, StatCan’s seeded area by province, ten years of production, and the stocks counts.
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U.S. Balance Sheet. USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, published monthly by the World Agricultural Outlook Board: the U.S. balance sheet — what was produced, what is used and exported, and the stocks left at the end of the marketing year.
Crop Progress. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Progress: weekly condition ratings and planting, development and harvest progress, published Mondays at 4:00 p.m. ET for the week ending the previous Sunday, April through November.
Drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor, from the National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA: a weekly map of conditions as of Tuesday morning, published the Thursday after.
Export Sales. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Export Sales Report: exporters’ weekly sales and shipments, published Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET for the week ending the previous Thursday.
Stocks & Acreage. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service: Grain Stocks, the grain in all positions as of the first of March, June, September and December, and the year’s planted and harvested area from Prospective Plantings, Acreage and the Crop Production reports.
Corn Grind. U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report: fuel ethanol production and stocks, published Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. ET for the week ending the previous Friday.
Canadian Balance Sheet. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly Outlook for Principal Field Crops, the Canadian balance sheet, with Statistics Canada’s seeded area, production and stocks.