Corn prices are up 1 to 2 cents so far on Thursday AM trade. Futures were on the higher side of unchanged by Wednesday’s close, as front months were up 1 ¼ cents and deferreds down ¼ to 1 ½ cents. Futures shrugged off pressure from the wheat complex. Open interest was up 5,626 contracts on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 1 3/4 cents at $4.24.
EIA data from Wednesday morning showed ethanol production in the week of October 16 at 1.094 million barrels per day, up 29,000 bpd on the week. Ethanol stocks were up 616,000 barrels to 24.558 million barrels. Refiner inputs slipped back 8,000 bpd to 891,000 bpd, as exports saw a 11,000 bpd improvement to 132,000 bpd.
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Export Sales data will be released shortly, with traders looking for between 0.7 to 1.5 MMT in the week of October 15. Sales for 2027/28 are expected to total 0-50,000 MT.
The NOAA 7-day forecast remains relatively dry, though a system is expected to work into the NM/CO and Texas Panhandle to western KS and parts of NE over the weekend.
A South Korean importer purchased 5,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight.
Dec 26 Corn closed at $4.63 1/4, up 1 1/4 cents, currently up 1 1/2 cents
Nearby Cash was $4.24, up 1 3/4 cents,
Mar 27 Corn closed at $4.77 1/4, up 1 1/4 cents, currently up 1 1/2 cents
May 27 Corn closed at $4.85 1/4, up 1 1/4 cents, currently up 1 1/4 cents
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