Corn prices faded through Tuesday and ended the day at or near their lows with losses of over a nickel. New crop futures were down by 6 ¾ cents on Tuesday.
Safras and Mercado reported Brazil’s corn planting as 97.3% for 2nd crop as of 3/22. That compares to 94.7% at the same time last year.
Corn planting in TX reached 46% finished as of 3/24 which was up 12% points for the week and is now 3% points ahead of average. TX milo was 37% planted as of 3/24, which is 1% point ahead of average.
USDA’s weekly Export Inspections data had 1.23 MTM of corn shipments for the week that ended 3/21. That was a slight decrease from 1.33 MMT last week, but was nearly double the same week last year. The accumulated export reached 24.4 MMT compared to 18.3 MMT for last year.
May 24 Corn closed at $4.32 1/2, down 5 1/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $4.10 1/1, down 4 5/8 cents,
Jul 24 Corn closed at $4.45, down 6 1/4 cents,
Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.68, down 6 3/4 cents,
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