Corn futures posted Thursday gains of 2 to 5 cents at the close, as there were some bear spreads unwinding with December gaining 1 ¾ cents on March. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 5 ¼ cents at $3.79 1/4. We are over halfway through October and getting closer to the Crop Insurance harvest price, with the average close of December futures at $4.18 so far. That is below the $4.70 from February and above the $4.16 harvest price last year.
EIA data from this morning showed a slight uptick in ethanol production for the week ending on October 17, rising 3,000 barrels per day to 1.074 bpd. Despite the output increase, stocks still saw a draw of 92,000 barrels to 22.628 million barrels. Exports slipped back 30,000 bpd to 108,000 bpd on the week, with refiner inputs of ethanol up 23,000 bpd to 915,000 bpd.
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Export Sales data would normally be pushed to Friday due to the Monday holiday, though the government shutdown is suspending that. Traders estimate that corn bookings totaled 0.9 to 2 MMT in the week of 10/9.
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.21 3/4, up 5 cents,
Nearby Cash was $3.79 1/4, up 5 1/4 cents,
Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.35 1/2, up 3 1/4 cents,
May 26 Corn closed at $4.43 3/4, up 2 3/4 cents,
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