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USDA Reports Flash

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 11:02AM CDT

By DTN Staff

OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA released its August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Wednesday.

Stay tuned throughout the morning and refresh this page often. We will be sending a series of updates with the important highlights from Wednesday'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/…

Join us for DTN's post-report webinar at 12:30 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, 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 Wednesday's USDA WASDE webinar: https://www.dtn.com/….

U.S. PRODUCTION (Million Bushels) 2026-27
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul	2025-26
Corn	16,013	15,944	16,160	15,780	16,000	17,021
Soybeans	4,519	4,469	4,523	4,389	4,475	4,262
All Wheat	1,531	1,527	1,566	1,498	1,536	1,985
Winter	990	986	1,007	965	990	1,402
HRW	463	468	480	456	471	804
SRW	287	286	295	281	287	353
White	240	231	235	228	232	244
Othr Spring	474	470	499	445	475	497
Durum	66	70	71	65	71	86

U.S. AVERAGE YIELD (Bushels Per Acre) 2026-27 (WASDE)
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul	2025-26
Corn	180.7	182.5	184.8	180.5	183.0	186.5
Soybeans	52.7	52.9	53.5	52.0	53.0	53.0

U.S. ENDING STOCKS (Million Bushels) 2025-26
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul
Corn	1,945	2,010	2,136	1,960	2,020
Soybeans	325	324	340	303	330
Wheat	920	921	935	920	920

U.S. ENDING STOCKS (Million Bushels) 2026-27
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul
Corn	1,653	1,730	1,986	1,600	1,790
Soybeans	320	302	358	270	310
Wheat	717	718	766	692	722

WORLD ENDING STOCKS (million metric tons) 2025-26
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul
Corn	298.8	298.7	304.0	296.4	298.7
Soybeans	125.1	125.6	127.5	124.7	125.3
Wheat	280.2	286.0	290.0	279.0	279.0

WORLD ENDING STOCKS (million metric tons) 2026-27
	Aug	Avg	High	Low	Jul
Corn	274.7	273.4	276.1	271.0	275.3
Soybeans	124.2	124.4	125.5	122.5	124.2
Wheat	273.3	271.9	274.1	270.0	272.8

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