Corn futures are reverting lower from the Wednesday gains, with contracts down fractionally in the new crop contracts to 2 cents in the nearbys at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 2 cents at $4.12 3/4.
Export Sales data from this morning showed 1.4 MMT of old crop corn business, which fell in the middle of trade estimates of 0.8-1.8 MMT. That was a 6-week high and but was 10.3% below the same week last year. New crop sales were tallied at 56,460 MT, which was within trade ideas of 0-150,000 MT.
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May 26 Corn is at $4.49 1/4, down 2 cents,
Nearby Cash is at $4.12 3/4, down 2 cents,
Jul 26 Corn is at $4.58 1/2, down 2 cents,
Dec 26 Corn is at $4.77 3/4, down 1/4 cent,
New Crop Cash is at $4.35 3/4, down 3/4 cent,
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