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Corn: every USDA report

4 reports cover corn · the latest number from each, with its release date

Every number links to the report chapter it comes from; every file is in the data catalogue, with its sha256. Units are USDA’s own.

Findings that passed their gates

Insight rules for corn this build (n and caveats on each card)
WASDE × Export Sales

U.S. corn export commitments vs USDA

29.6%of USDA’s 2026/27 export projection (October 2026 WASDE, as of the release)
26%49%

5 prior years at week 9: mean 41.8%, range 26.5%–48.8%

inside the 5-yr rangen = 5small sample
  • · ESR commitments are not Census exports
  • · History = % of the USDA projection at the time
  • · Past weeks are USDA’s latest revision, not as first published
Source: ESR Nov 5, 2026 · WASDE October 2026Open the chart →Data
Crop Progress · week ending Nov 8, 2026

U.S. corn harvested

81%of the acreage

−5 pts vs NASS’s 5-yr average of 86% (2021-2025)

behind the 5-yr averagen = 5small sample
  • · National = NASS’s selected-states aggregate
  • · 5-yr average as published by NASS
Source: Crop Progress Nov 9, 2026Open the chart →Data
Grain Stocks · stocks on Sep 1, 2026

U.S. corn stocks on Sep 1 vs USDA

+173 mil. bu+9.0% vs the September 2026 WASDE

NASS 2,095 mil. bu vs WASDE 1,922 mil. bu (2025/26 ending stocks)

9th largest gap of 17 (2009/10–2025/26)

Larger than 50% of those gaps

above USDA’s estimaten = 17
  • · History: each year against the WASDE public at that release
  • · NASS stocks as first printed
Source: Grain Stocks Sep 30, 2026 · WASDE September 2026Open the chart →Data