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Corn Mar '27 (ZCH27)

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Corn Futures Market News and Commentary

Corn Showing Steady Trade on Friday Morning

Barchart - Fri May 22, 7:31AM CDT

Corn price action is unchanged across the front months so far on Friday morning. Futures were down 1 ¾ to 4 ¼ cents across the board on Thursday, as pressure pushed the market lower into the close. Preliminary open interest was down 8,417 contracts, implying modest long liquidation. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/4 cent to $4.22 1/2. The CBoT will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day, with the Tuesday session showing a normal open.

USDA’s Export Sales data showed 2.125 MMT in old crop corn business for the week of 5/14, exceeding estimates. That was a 17-week high and 78.5% above the same week last year. Japan was the buyer of 779,800 MT, with 463,800 MT sold to South Korea and 342,200 MT to Mexico. New crop business was tallied at 281,430 MT, the third largest total for the marketing year. Much of that was to Mexico at 255,100 MT, with 22,000 sold to unknown.

A couple South Korean importers purchased corn in tenders overnight, buying 203,000... Read more

Contract Specifications

Contract

Corn

Contract Size

5,000 bushels

Tick Size

1/4 cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract)

Trading Hours

7:00p.m. - 7:45a.m. and 8:30a.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) (Sun-Fri) CST

Exchange

CBOT

Point Value

$50

Margin/Maintenance

$1,072/975

First Notice Date

02/26/27 (280 days)

Expiration Date

03/12/27 (294 days)

Seasonal Chart

Corn Mar '27

Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Mar Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of May 12, 2026

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Commercials - Long / Short

743,273 (-9,194)

1,003,229 (-118,086)

Non-Commercials - Long / Short

570,798 (-31,079)

187,261 (+18,768)

Producers - Long / Short

334,749 (-13,625)

935,388 (-117,039)

Swap Dealers - Long / Short

384,366 (+4,534)

43,683 (-944)

Managed Money - Long / Short

416,409 (-23,639)

120,789 (+25,382)

Other Reportables - Long / Short

154,389 (-7,440)

66,472 (-6,614)

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Price Performance

Period	Period Low	Period High	Performance
1-Month	494-0 +1.42% on 04/23/26	519-4 -3.56% on 05/13/26	+5-2 (+1.06%) since 04/22/26
3-Month	474-0 +5.70% on 02/23/26	519-4 -3.56% on 05/13/26	+24-6 (+5.20%) since 02/20/26
52-Week	453-6 +10.41% on 08/06/25	519-4 -3.56% on 05/13/26	+22-0 (+4.59%) since 05/22/25

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More news for this symbol

Symbol	Latest	Change
ZCH27	500-2	+1-0
Corn Mar '27
ZCN26	463-0	+0-6
Corn
XNZ26	486-0	+1-0
Corn Mini
ZSN26	1197-2	+3-0
Soybean
ZMN26	332.5	+4.1
Soybean Meal
ZLN26	74.42	+0.55
Soybean Oil
ZWN26	645-2	-2-2
Wheat
KEN26	679-2	-7-6
Hard Red Winter Wheat
KWN26	721-4	-1-2
Hard Red Spring Wheat
MWN26	6.8700	-0.0325
Spring Wheat Mpls
ZON26	363-0	+2-4
Oats
ZRN26	13.030	+0.025
Rough Rice
RSN26	752.70	+1.90
Canola
$SG3C	382.25	+0.62
S&P GSCI Corn Index

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Symbol	Latest	3M %Chg
ZCH27	500-2	+5.20%
Corn Mar '27
DBA	27.50	+5.70%
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CORN	18.32	+4.28%
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RJA	9.16	+4.27%
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3rd Resistance Point	511-5
2nd Resistance Point	508-5
1st Resistance Point	503-7
Last Price	500-2
1st Support Level	496-1
2nd Support Level	493-1
3rd Support Level	488-3

52-Week High	519-4
Last Price	500-2
Fibonacci 61.8%	494-3
Fibonacci 50%	486-5
Fibonacci 38.2%	478-7
52-Week Low	453-6

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