The June Feed Outlook report shows global coarse grains production is raised for 2025-26 and 2026-27. This month’s outlook is for increased global coarse grains, with marketing year 2025-26 raised 15.5 million metric tons (MT) and 2026-27 raised 5.8 million MT. Corn drives the production increases for both years, accounting for 14 million MT in 2025-26 and 5 million MT in 2026-27. For 2025-26, corn production is increased for India, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay due to a combination of area and yield increases. These increases are partly offset by lowered corn production in Mexico, based on lowered yield expectations. The increased outlook for 2026-27 corn production is attributed fully to India, on the basis of an increased forecast for harvested area. Global barley production is also raised for both marketing years, while millet production is raised for 2025-26 and oats production is raised for 2026-27. Sorghum production for 2025-26 is lowered 0.8 million MT – the only decreased outlook in either marketing year across the coarse grains complex.
U.S. corn planting is nearing completion, with the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Quick Stats data reporting that the 2026-27 crop was 97% planted as of June 7, slightly ahead of last year and the 2021-25 average of 96%. Most major corn-producing U.S. states are within 4 percentage points of their year-ago level, the exceptions being Pennsylvania (9 percentage points behind) and Kentucky (13 percentage points ahead). Planted acreage remains forecast at 95.3 million acres but could see an update next month, pending the June 30 release of the NASS Acreage report.
Much of the 2026 U.S. corn crop has emerged – estimated by the NASS at 86% emerged as of June 7 – and is progressing through the vegetative states. While weather stress at any point during the corn cycle can impact yields, corn water demand is lower during the vegetative states, and thus, stressors such as limited rainfall during this time generally have more muted impacts. Corn water and nutrient demands will peak around the first reproductive stage, “silking,” making weather stress during this time potentially more detrimental to final yields. Corn will generally reach the silking stage 55-60 days following emergence, though this time frame can vary by year and location. For the week ending June 7, NASS reported that the percent of the corn crop that had reached silking for 10 Southern states (where planting generally occurs earlier) were Alabama (34%), Arkansas (37%), Georgia (53%), Louisiana (65%), Mississippi (30%), North Carolina (7%), Oklahoma (8%), South Carolina (33%), Tennessee (9%) and Texas (55%).
Since last month’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, NASS released initial crop condition ratings for the 2026-27 corn crop. For the week ending June 7, 67% of the corn crop was rated as being in good or excellent condition, slightly below last year’s 71%. With much of the growing season remaining, however, these early-season crop condition ratings generally are not indicative of final yields. As indicated above, precipitation and temperatures over the summer months will be important factors in forming the 2026-27 corn yield.
Find additional information on the USDA Feed Outlook report from June.
