* Lower corn prices may see less demand for Australian wheat
* High corn prices seen as key to larger U.S. stockpiles
* Coming up: Reuters/UMich sentiment, June; 1355 GMT
By Bruce Hextall
SYDNEY, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures tumbled for the second day in a row on Friday after a U.S. government report showed that corn stocks were much higher than the market had expected and farmers planted the crop on a bigger area than anticipated.
The harvest month December corn contract dropped over 5 percent on Friday to $5.87-1/2 per bushel, adding to Thursday's tumble and taking the contract's two-day fall to nearly 10 percent.
"I think the whole market is confused about the UDSA (U.S. Department of Agriculture), supply and demand report," said Chris Kochnaski, a senior trader at Australia's Emerald Group.
"There are probably some factors that could keep markets bothered such as likely Black Sea exports again and if weather in the northern harvest goes smoothly it is likely to put pressure on Aussie feed wheat," said Kochanski.
The September corn contract Cc2 fell to is lowest permitted for the day, dropping 45 cents to $6.03 before picking up to $6.07.
Corn's plunge came as the USDA report raised crop prospects and stock levels, testing the stage for further losses in Asian and European trading on Friday.
Wheat also fell in early trade as some end-users have switched to feed wheat as corn was getting too expensive but the contract was less volatile as wheat supplies are more ample than corn.
The December wheat contract initially fell over 2 percent before recovering to trade broadly flat by mid-afternoon, when it traded at $6.59 per bushel, up a touch on the previous day.
"Part of the problem in Australia I think is also a lack of capacity to shift Australian wheat out of Australia on the east coast given logistics," said Kochanski. "So that is likely to pressure feed wheat prices," he said.
Australia produced a record 23.2 million wheat crop in 2010/11, most of which was grown on the east coast where rain at harvest reduced large quantities to feed grade quality.
A large amount expected to gobbled up by Asian livestock feed but Kochanski said Asian buyers still preferred corn despite its higher price. Steve Burt, managing director of Pentag Nidera, the Australian arm of privately owned Dutch firm Nidera, said the market is currently very challenging.
"We don't know whether it as a bottom or not but there are certainly lessons to be learned," he said.
The USDA said it planned to re-survey farmers in the states of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota on Aug. 11 which may provide a clearer picture of actual planted acreage.
The November soybeans contract Scv1 was up nearly 1 percent to $13.06 a bushel.
(Editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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