Corn futures trading with Friday losses of 3 to 4 cents at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 3 1/2 cents at $4.85 1/4. Pressure is coming from double digit weakness in the beans and wheat, as well as losses in crude oil.
Export Sales data updated on Thursday now has the 2026/27 corn export commitments at 17.4 MMT, which is now down 27% from the same period last year. That is 21% of the USDA export projection and behind the 28% from last year and the 5-year average.
