Corn Weakness Spilling over to Friday Morning
Corn is trading with Friday AM losses of 2 to 3 cents. Futures closed with weakness on Thursday, as front months were down 2 to 3 ¼ cents, with deferreds fractionally to 1 ¼ cents higher. Open interest suggested new short interest, rising 18,370 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 2 3/4 cents at $4.16 1/4.
Rain fell in parts of NE, the Dakotas, and MN overnight The next 7 days are looking for 1 to 2 inches across much of MO, WI, IA, IL, IN and OH, mainly in the next day or so.
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Export Sales data was out on Thursday morning, showing 362,916 MT in 2025/26 corn sales in the week of 7/23. That was a 3-week high and 6.5% above this week the year prior. Colombia was the buyer of 173,900 MT, with 129,800 MT sold to Mexico. Bookings for 2026/27 were seen at 1.062 MMT. That was a marketing year high but still 43.8% below the same week last year. Unknown destinations were the buyer of 425,500 MT, with Mexico purchasing 376,300 MT.
Sep 26 Corn closed at $4.45 3/4, down 3 1/4 cents, currently down 2 1/2 cents
Nearby Cash was $4.16 1/4, down 2 3/4 cents,
Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.68 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents, currently down 2 1/2 cents
Mar 27 Corn closed at $4.84 1/2, down 2 3/4 cents, currently down 2 1/2 cents
New Crop Cash was $4.19 3/4, down 3 3/4 cents,
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