Corn prices are up 2 to 3 cents so far on Friday AM trade. Futures pulled back into the Thursday close, extending the weakness from Wednesday. Contracts closed with losses of 2 to 3 cents. Preliminary open interest was down 2,176 contracts on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down another 3 cents at $3.79 ¼.

USDA’s Export Sales report showed a total of 1.23 MMT of 2025/26 corn sold in the week ending on 9/11, an improvement from the drop in sales reported last week and still 45.4% above the same week last year.  Of that total, 419,200 MT was sold to Mexico, with 201,000 MT sold to South Korea, and 194,500 MT to Japan. 

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Brazil’s corn crop for 2025/26 is pegged to be 138.28 MMT according to CONAB, which would be down 1.42 MMT from the 2024/25 marketing year. Acreage is expected to rise 770,000 hectares (1.9 million acres) to 22.63 million ha (55.92 million acres).

Dec 25 Corn  closed at $4.23 3/4, down 3 cents, currently up 2 3/4 cents

Nearby Cash  was $3.79 1/4, down 3 cents,

Mar 26 Corn  closed at $4.41 1/2, down 3 cents, currently up 3 cents

May 26 Corn  closed at $4.51 1/2, down 2 3/4 cents, currently up 3 cents

On the date of publication,

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