Corn Closes Monday Mixed
Corn futures posted modest gains Monday, with nearby contracts rising 3–5 cents, while December slipped ¾ cent. National average cash corn climbed 4½ cents to $4.35½. U.S. corn planting reached 2%, matching the 5-year average. Export inspections showed 1.583 MMT shipped, up 8% year-over-year. Negotiations with Japan may follow tariff concerns. New crop cash dipped slightly to $4.10⅝.
Corn futures posted gains of 3 to 5 cents in the nearbys on Monday. New crop strength was lacking, as December was down ¾ cent. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 4 1/2 cents at $4.35 1/2.
One of the tariffs concerns, at least from a retaliatory standpoint from this last round of tariffs, has been the 24% on Japan. Later in the day on Monday, President Trump directed Treasury Secretary Bessent and USTR Greer to open negotiations with Japan.
The first official Crop Progress report from NASS showed the US corn crop was 2% planted as of April 6, in line with the 5-year average and slightly behind the same week in 2024.
Weekly Export Inspections data tallied corn shipments at 1.583 MMT (62.3 mbu) in the week that ended on April 3. That was down 3.89% from the week prior but 8.04% above the same week last year. Mexico was the largest destination of 480,801 MT, with 383,994 MT headed to Japan, 194,246 MT to South Korea and 162,845 to Colombia. Marketing year corn shipments are now 35.582 MMT (1.4 mbu), an increase of 29.95% from the same week last year.
May 25 Corn closed at $4.64 1/2, up 4 1/4 cents,
Nearby Cash was $4.35 1/2, up 4 1/2 cents,
Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.70 3/4, up 3 1/2 cents,
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.46, down 3/4 cent,
New Crop Cash was $4.10 5/8, down 1/4 cent,
Source : Nasdaq.com
