Corn Sep '25 (ZCU25)
Corn Futures Market News and Commentary
Corn prices are up ½ to 1 ¼ cents so far on Tuesday morning trade. Futures were in rally mode on Monday, as contracts closed 14 ½ to 21 ¼ cents higher across most 26/27 contracts. Open interest suggested some modest short covering, down 12,278 contracts on Monday, mainly in the 2026 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back up 21 1/4 cents to $4.37 1/2. Much of the buying was due to a White House fact sheet on the US/China talks from last week, in part stating that China will purchase at least $17 billion per year of U.S. agricultural products for the next three years in addition to the previous soybean commitments.
NASS Crop Progress data showed the US corn crop at 76% planted as of Sunday, which was 6% ahead of the 5-year average pace of 70%. The crop was also 39% emerged, which is 2 percentage points faster than normal.Â
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