Corn futures are trading with 3 to 5 cent gains most contracts on Friday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 4 ¼ cents to $4.30.
USDA’s Export Sales data has marketing year corn export commitments at 77.063 MMT, a 28% increase from the same period last year. That is 92% of the USDA export projection and lags the 5-year average sales pace by just 2 percentage points. Shipments of 56.14 MMT are now 29% ahead of year and is 67% of the USDA number and 3% ahead of the average shipping pace.
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The May WASDE report will be released next Tuesday, with traders looking for old crop corn stocks estimated at 2.13 billion bushels vs. 2.127 bbu in April. The first 2026/27 US balance sheet will be released for the World Ag Outlook Board, with analysts surveyed by Bloomberg at an average of 1.942 bbu and a range of 1.776-2.11 bbu.
A South Korean importer purchased 136,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight.
Safras estimates the Brazilian corn crop at 140.11 MMT, a 1.6 MMT cut from their previous number. The second corn crop was tallied at 99.09 MMT, down 1.5 MMT.
May 26 Corn is at $4.56 1/4, up 3 1/2 cents,
Nearby Cash is at $4.30, up 4 1/4 cents,
Jul 26 Corn is at $4.71 3/4, up 4 1/4 cents,
Dec 26 Corn is at $4.93 3/4, up 4 1/4 cents,
New Crop Cash is at $4.47, up 3 3/4 cents,
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