{"id":643155,"date":"2026-07-29T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=643155"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:55:00","slug":"us-corn-conditions-suffer-sharpest-deterioration-in-three-years-fueling-food-inflation-fear-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=643155","title":{"rendered":"US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear <\/span><\/p>\n

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Less than a week after we reported that an options whale placed a $20 million bet on corn futures, a new U.S. crop report revealed the sharpest weekly deterioration in conditions in three years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg cites a new USDA report that rated 63% of the U.S. crop as good or excellent, down 4 percentage points from the previous week and below consensus estimates. The decline was due to heat and dryness battering some of the nation’s top agricultural growing belts.<\/p>\n

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US Corn Conditions Slide 4% \ud83c\udf3d<\/p>\n

Farmers are saying it\u2019s the largest crisis on the Farm since last week pic.twitter.com\/D0iX8PFL93<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GrainStats \ud83c\udf3e (@GrainStats) July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

1YR Net Change Corn Crop Yield Forecasts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The most-active contract gained as much as .9%.<\/p>\n

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Heat warnings plague parts of Illinois and Missouri, although Corn Belt weather is expected to improve later this week.<\/p>\n

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Last week, an options trader made a $20 million bet that corn futures will surge to their highest since 2023, as reduced U.S. planting, record exports, and heat-damaged crops tighten the supply outlook. The trade involved 105,000 November $5.50\/$6 call spreads, equivalent to more than 500 million bushels.<\/p>\n

The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index (BCOMAGSP) recently hit a three-year high. This dollar-denominated benchmark tracks 10 major agricultural futures, including Chicago and Kansas City wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, coffee, cocoa, sugar, and cotton.<\/p>\n

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Read our latest note on BCOMAGSP<\/a>, where traders are increasingly focused on maritime chokepoint disruptions, El Ni\u00f1o risks, and extreme heat gripping key growing regions across the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n

Bank of America<\/strong>:\u00a0The Timing Of The Next Grocery Inflation Surge Revealed By BofA<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 07\/29\/2026 – 06:55<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear Less than a week after we reported that an options whale placed a $20 million bet on corn futures, a new U.S. crop report revealed the sharpest weekly deterioration in conditions in three years. Bloomberg cites a new USDA report that rated… Continue reading US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":643150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=643155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/643150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}