Corn Ticking Higher on Wednesday Morning

December 17, 2025 at 08:33 AM EST

Corn is starting Wednesday trade with contracts fractionally to a penny higher. Futures closed out the Tuesday session with most contracts 2 to 3 ¼ cents lower at the final bell. Preliminary open interest data suggested new selling, rising 10,345 contracts. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/4 cents to $3.92 3/4.

There was some outside pressure, with losses in wheat adding spillover weakness and crude oil dropping $1.61/barrel.

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EIA data will be released on Wednesday with some expecting ethanol production to be steady to slightly lower than last week.

A South Korean importer purchased a total of 268,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight.

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.36 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents, currently up 1 cent

Nearby Cash was $3.92 3/4, down 3 1/4 cents,

May 26 Corn closed at $4.44 1/2, down 3 1/4 cents, currently up 3/4 cent

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.51, down 2 3/4 cents, currently up 1/2 cent

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