There are crop disaster every yr, somewhere . . . .
The bottom line, the USDA and private sources know what the yeilds/production is going to be and how much the world needs . . . Board of trade know what production is going to be, before farmers want to realize it.
The corn look bad, prior to harvest, and now at harvest, it seems to be better then anticipated -
USDA number support the info . . .
Other crops, the same ~
News media has little to no impact on what the markets do -