The corn market ended the session with a sharp 3.4% loss in the July contract. That was up 7 1/4 cents from the day’s low. The other nearbys also dropped more than a percent with 6 1/4 to 9 1/2 cent losses.
EIA data had 987,000 barrels per day for ethanol production during the week that ended 5/12. Ethanol stocks were down by 100k barrels to 23.191 million barrels.
USDA announced that China canceled 272k MT of old crop corn this morning via the mandatory reporting system.
Ahead of the weekly Export Sales report analysts are looking for between 500k MT of old crop corn cancelations and 300k MT of net new sales from the week that ended 5/11. New crop bookings are estimated between 50k MT and 300k MT ahead of the data.
Turkey’s current Prime Minister Erdogan announced that the Black Sea Grain Corridors deal has been extended by 2 months. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed another 60 days.
Ukraine’s Ag Ministry reported 43.6 MMT of grain exports for the season through 5/15. That compares to 46.3 MMT during the same point last year, which included several months of larger “before the war” business.
Jul 23 Corn closed at $5.61 1/2, down 19 3/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $5.93 5/8, down 20 1/8 cents,
Sep 23 Corn closed at $4.97, down 9 1/2 cents,
Dec 23 Corn closed at $4.99, down 6 1/4 cents,
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