Global corn supply is reduced by USDA despite record production

The September report on global corn supply and demand from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), released this Friday (12), brought data related to the 2024/25 and 2025/26 crop years. The global 2025/26 crop was slightly reduced from 1.288.58 billion tons to 1.286.58 billion tons, even with the United States nearing 430 million tons, a 13% increase from the current cycle. As for the final stocks, the projection is 281.40 million tons, down from the 282.54 million tons estimated in August and compared to the 282.2 million tons predicted by the market. According to the USDA report, the production estimate for 2025/26 among the countries that grow the most corn in the world is as follows: The global 2024/25 corn crop was projected by the USDA at 1.226.02 billion tons, surpassing the 1.225.30 billion tons pointed out in July. The USDA ...