Wheat and Corn Prices Fall Before USDA Report
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On September 9, 2026, the price of wheat and corn went down.
This happened on the grain market. Grain is food like wheat and corn.
The prices fell before a big report from the USDA. USDA means United States Department of Agriculture.
A report is a paper with new information. Traders wait for this report every month.
Traders buy and sell grain. They watch prices every day.
The report can change prices a lot. So traders were careful before it came out.
One expert is called Mike McGlone. He talked about corn futures.
Futures are deals to buy something later, at a fixed price.
He said December corn futures had a very strong August. It was the best August since 1980.
This means corn futures rose a lot last month.
But now, before the USDA report, wheat and corn prices are falling.
Vocabulary16 words
- wheat
- a plant used to make bread and flour
- corn
- a yellow plant food, also called maize
- grain
- food from plants like wheat and corn
- report
- a paper that gives new information
- futures
- a deal to buy or sell something at a future date
- USDA
- the United States government office for farming
- trader
- a person who buys and sells things like grain
- price
- how much money something costs
- market
- a place where people buy and sell things
- fall
- to go down
- rise
- to go up
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- strong
- very big or powerful
- December
- the last month of the year
- August
- the eighth month of the year
- since
- from a past time until now
Quiz
Answer key
1. They went down 2. United States Department of Agriculture 3. They had their best August since 1980
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
On September 9, 2026, the price of wheat and _____ went down.
This happened on the _____ market.
The prices fell before a big _____ from the USDA.
A report is a paper with new information. _____ wait for this report every month.
Traders buy and _____ grain.
The report can change prices a lot.
One expert is called Mike McGlone. He talked about corn _____.
Futures are deals to buy something later, at a fixed _____.
He said December corn futures had a very strong _____.
It was the best August _____ 1980.