Pro Farmer projects 2026 U.S. corn and soybean output below USDA forecasts
Pro Farmer projected the 2026 U. S. corn harvest at 15. 34 billion bushels and the soybean harvest at 4. 57 billion bushels, both modestly below USDA forecasts, after its Crop Tour sampled conditions across the Corn Belt.
Pro Farmer’s earlier tour reports described mixed crop conditions following a week of heavy Midwest rains, noting variable corn yields, disease pressure and lingering flood impacts. The organization later recorded variable corn yields and limited soybean disease in South Dakota and Nebraska, and observed an 8. 9 % decline in Nebraska’s average corn yield together with a modest drop in soybean pod counts. Subsequent observations in Illinois and Iowa showed lower-than-average corn yields and varied soybean health, while findings in Minnesota and Iowa indicated higher soybean pod counts but only modest corn yields, diverging from USDA expectations.
