The USDA lowered its corn yield forecast on Friday but total production rose as it increased its estimate for how many acres will be harvested. "It didn't matter that USDA reduced the corn yield, because of the amount of corn acreage they found," said Susan Stroud, founder and analyst at No Bull Agriculture. The USDA raised its 2025 US corn production estimate to a record 16.814 billion bushels. For soybeans, the USDA projected US yield at a slightly higher-than-expected 53.5 bushels per acre, compared with 53.6 bushels in August. It pegged production at 4.301 billion bushels, up from 4.292 billion bushels a month earlier as the agency increased harvested acres.