Corn Back to Rally Mode Early on Friday

Corn price action is up 5 to 6 cents so far on Friday AM trade. Futures faded back on Thursday, after rallying in the first half of the week with contracts slipping 3 to 4 ¼ cents in the front months. Open interest was down 7,972 contracts on Thursday, with 24,792 contracts exiting September ahead of Monday's first notice day. Deferreds were down as much at 8 ¼ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back down 3 cents at $4.82.

Export Sales data from Thursday morning showed 31,220 MT of old crop corn for the week of 31,220 MT in the week ending on August 20. That was a marketing year low. The Netherlands was the buyer of 100,560 MT, with 84,200 MT sold to Japan, and a total of 277,500 MT cancelled for unknown buyers, most of which was switched to a destination.

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New crop bookings were tallied at 1.066 MMT in that week. Unknown destinations was the buyer of 438,000 MT, with 208,800 MT sold to Mexico and 92,500 MT to Honduras. That was a marketing year high for new crop bookings. Total accumulated sales for 2026/27 were tallied to 12.458 MMT, which was down 33.6% from the same week a year ago, but still the 4th largest for the current week going back 30 years.

Sep 26 Corn closed at $5.10 1/4, down 3 3/4 cents, currently up 5 1/4 cents

Dec 26 Corn closed at $5.33 1/2, down 3 cents, currently up 5 1/4 cents

Mar 27 Corn closed at $5.47 1/4, down 3 1/2 cents, currently up 5 1/2 cents