Corn Slipping into Midday

January 21, 2026 at 13:22 PM EST

Corn futures are showing fractional to 1 ½ cent losses across most contracts on Wednesday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1 ¼ cents at $3.85 1/2.

USDA reported a couple private export sales of 150,000 MT of corn to Colombia and 195,000 MT to unknown destinations this morning.

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Weekly EIA data will be pushed back to Thursday morning due to the Monday holiday, with most looking for ethanol production to pull back from last week’s surge to a new all time record.

A Taiwan importer purchased a total of 65,000 MT of US con in a tender overnight.

Mar 26 Corn is at $4.22 1/4, down 1 1/2 cents,

Nearby Cash is at $3.85 1/2, down 1 1/4 cents,

May 26 Corn is at $4.30 1/4, down 1 cent,

Jul 26 Corn is at $4.37, down 3/4 cent,

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