Corn Pulls Back on Tuesday
Corn futures ended the Tuesday session with contracts fractionally to 5 cents lower out to July ’25. Deferred contracts were steady to ¾ cent higher.
USDA reported a large private export sale of 405,000 MT of corn to Mexico via the daily system, with 135,000 MT for old crop and 270,000 MT for new crop.
Monday afternoon’s Crop Progress report indicated planting pace in IA, KS, MO, ND, and OH faster than normal. NE was 11% behind the average, with IL 14% back of normal and IN lagging by 3%.
CONAB released updated production numbers this morning, increasing the total corn crop production by 0.672 MMT to 111.64 MMT, mainly on increased second crop acreage. That compares to the 122 MMT from UDSA last Friday.
May 24 Corn closed at $4.53 3/4, down 4 3/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $4.44, down 5 cents,
Jul 24 Corn closed at $4.67 1/2, down 5 cents,
Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.91, down 2 cents,
New Crop Cash was $4.54 1/2, down 2 3/4 cents,
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