
The corn market will resume trading this morning at 8:30 am CST after the day (and overnight) off for the New Years holiday. Futures closed the Wednesday session with steady to fractionally lower trade to wind down 2025. Open interest rose 5,462 contracts, despite 4,078 contracts leaving March. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down another 1 ½ cents at $3.96 1/4.
On Wednesday afternoon, USDA released the payment details for the Farm Bridge Assistance program, with the corn payment listed at $44.36/acre. Sorghum was tallied at $48.11.