Corn Closes with Tuesday Strength

February 03, 2026 at 18:16 PM EST

Corn futures were 2 to 3 cents higher at the Tuesday close. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 1/2 cents at $3.94 1/4.

EIA data will be released on Wednesday morning, with most expecting to see a reduction in ethanol output for the week ending on January 30.

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NASS released their monthly Grain Crushings report on Monday afternoon, with December corn used for ethanol at 488.26 million bushels. That was a record high for the month and was 5.1% above the same week last month. Marketing year corn used in ethanol production is at 1.863 billion bushels, up 1.1 million bushels from the same period last year.

A South Korean importer purchased a total of 134,000 MT of corn in a tender overnight.

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.28 1/2, up 2 3/4 cents,

Nearby Cash was $3.94 1/4, up 2 1/2 cents,

May 26 Corn closed at $4.35 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents,

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.42, up 2 1/4 cents,

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