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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 11:02AM CDT

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/…

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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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