Corn Bulls Pushing Back Higher on Thursday as Export Business Picks Up

December 04, 2025 at 13:13 PM EST

Corn futures are trading with Thursday gains of 3 to 6 ¼ cents at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 4 cents at $4.02 3/4.

USDA reported a private export sale of 100,800 MT of corn to Colombia, with 392,500 MT to Mexico this morning via their daily reporting system.

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Export Sales for the week of October 30 was out this morning, with a total of 1.99 MMT of corn sold. That was on the higher side of trade ideas looking for 0.8-2.5 MMT in corn sales during that week. That was back above the week prior and the third largest total for the marketing year.

Brazil corn exports are estimated at 4.99 MMT for December according to ANEC, which would be above the 3.62 MMT from the same period last year.

Statistics Canada estimates the 2025 corn production for the country at 14.867 MMT, down 3.1% from the same week last year.

Dec 25 Corn is at $4.37 3/4, up 6 1/4 cents,

Nearby Cash is at $4.02 3/4, up 4 cents,

Mar 26 Corn is at $4.47 1/4, up 3 3/4 cents,

May 26 Corn is at $4.54, up 3 1/4 cents,

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