Corn futures are showing slightly mixed trade on Tuesday, within a penny of unchanged. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1/4 cent to $4.05.
USDA reported a private export sale of 196,000 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning.
USDA’s Grain Crushing report from NASS showed a total of just 460.95 million bushels of corn used for ethanol production in January, shy of estimates. That was a decline of 1.49% from a year ago and down 4.5% from December’s revised (~5 mbu lower) total.
A couple separate tenders from South Korean importers saw a total of 133,000 MT purchased overnight.
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.32 1/4, down 1 cent,
Nearby Cash was $4.05, up 1/4 cent,
May 26 Corn closed at $4.46, up 1/4 cent,
Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.55, up 3/4 cent,
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