Corn futures are showing 1 to 3 cent gains across the front months on Wednesday. New crop is slipping lower, down 2 to 3 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is back up 2 1/4 cents at $4.24 1/2.
EIA released their weekly petroleum status report this morning, with ethanol production rising 43,000 barrels per day to 1.105 million bpd. Stocks saw a draw of 801,000 barrels to 26.575 million barrels. Refiner inputs of ethanol were up 19,000 bpd to 896,000 bpd.
The new crop soy/corn ratio is at 2.24, still leaning towards corn. We will get the March Planting Intention report at the end of the month. S&P Global estimates a total of 94.3 million corn acres planted this spring, which is up 800,000 acres from their previous estimates. Allendale estimates the acreage total at 93.98 million acres according to a producer survey.
May 25 Corn is at $4.61, up 2 1/4 cents,
Nearby Cash is at $4.24 1/2, up 2 1/4 cents,
Jul 25 Corn is at $4.69, up 1 cent,
Dec 25 Corn is at $4.52 1/4, down 2 cents,
New Crop Cash is at $4.15, down 1 3/4 cents,
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