Corn Pushing Thursday’s Losses into Friday Morning

Alan Brugler Barchart Fri Aug 16, 7:37AM CDT
Large cornfield with rows of crop by vicvaz via iStock

Corn prices are falling in Friday morning trade, with contracts down 3 to 4 cents. Futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts falling later in the day, down 2 to 6 cents across the board. A stronger US dollar added some pressure.  

The weekly Export Sales report showed 120,477 MT of old crop corn sold in the week of August 8, well below estimates. New crop sales were tallied at 800,518 MT, edging out the high side of trade expectations. Unknown was the purchaser of 345,000 MT, with Mexican importers buying 257,900 MT.

The International Grains Council estimates for world corn production were 1 million metric tonnes higher at 1.226 billion metric tonnes on Thursday. Stocks were down 1 MMT to 277 MMT.

Sep 24 Corn  closed at $3.75, down 6 cents, currently down 3 cents

Nearby Cash  was $3.63 1/2, down 5 3/4 cents,

Dec 24 Corn  closed at $3.97, down 3 3/4 cents, currently down 3 1/4 cents

Mar 25 Corn  closed at $4.15 3/4, down 2 1/2 cents, currently down 3 1/4 cents

New Crop Cash  was $3.58 5/8, down 4 1/4 cents,


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