
Corn is trading both sides of UNCH as we head into midday on Thursday. Smaller than anticipated weekly export sales from last week were the bearish input behind some early weakness. Futures were 4 to 5 cents higher on Wednesday. Preliminary open interest showed a rotation of ownership, up a net of only 76 contracts. The new crop CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is $3.80, down 1 ¾ cents.
EIA data released on Wednesday put average daily ethanol production at 1.087 million barrels per day during the week that ended on July 11, up 2,000 bpd the previous week. Ethanol stocks were down 324,000 barrels to 23.635 million barrels. That was despite exports slipping 27,000 bpd to 94,000 bpd, with refiner inputs slipping 22,000 bpd to 880,000 bpd.