Corn futures are trading with gains across the board on Friday, as contracts are up 3 to 5 ½ cents in the nearbys. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 5 1/2 cents at $3.85 1/4 per bu.
Heading into Monday, the average trade estimate from a Reuters survey for September 1 corn stocks is at 1.844 billion bushels. That would be well above last year, as expected, and a 32 mbu increase from the September WASDE 2023/24 corn ending stocks projection.
USDA’s Export Sales report tallied Export commitments for the full marketing year at 14.744 MMT, which is up 17% from a year ago and a 3-year high. That is 25% of the early USDA export forecast, lagging behind the 31% average sales pace for exports.
Algeria purchased a total of 240,000 MT of corn in a recent tender, likely sourced from Argentina or Brazil. The Ukrainian corn crop for 2024/25 is estimated at 25.8 MMT according to the country’s at ministry. That would be below the 27.2 MMT from USDA.
Dec 24 Corn is at $4.18 3/4, up 5 1/2 cents,
Nearby Cash is at $3.85 1/4, up 5 1/2 cents,
Mar 25 Corn is at $4.35 1/2, up 4 1/2 cents,
May 25 Corn is at $4.44 3/4, up 3 3/4 cents,
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