Corn Mini Mar '25 (XNH25)
Corn Mini Futures Market News and Commentary
Corn futures shrugged off the early weakness on Friday to close near the highs of the day, up 2 ¼ to 3 ½ cents across most contracts. September was 5 ¼ cents higher on the week with December up 6 1/2. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 1/4 cents at $4.132. A resurgence in the crude oil back above $80/bbl, up $3.50 on the day was supportive.
The NOAA 7-day forecasts continues to call for little ton precip in much of the Dakotas with portions of IA, NE, MN, MN and KS seeing less than 0.5 inch and the eastern corn belt near 1 to 2 inches.
Following USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday old crop corn sales are now 86.279 MMT That is 102% of USDA’s export projection and ahead of the each of the last 3 years. Actual shipments are 87% of that USDA export projection at 73.058 MMT, head of last year’s 86%. Sales for 2026/27 have accumulated to 6.859 MMT, 14.5% above the same time last year.Â
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