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Closing Comment 05/16
Corn futures closed higher on Wednesday. Corn contract closed strong, reversing losses in overnight trade. Strong export demand for US corn lifted prices. Exporters reported sales of 900,000 tonnes of corn to China, of which an increase of 240,000 tonnes is reported as new sales for delivery in 2012/13. July is 22 3/4 cents higher at $6.20 and December is 11 3/4 cents higher at $5.26 1/4.
Latest News
Corkscrewed mesocotyls & failed corn emergence
Reports of leafing out underground in 2012, the year of record early planting, are beginning to accumulate now that growers are beginning to walk their early-planted fields.
Tiny plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint
Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf courses.
Corn market direction unfolding, magnitude still uncertain
The USDA’s projections of U.S. and world corn and feed grain supply and demand conditions presented in the May WASDE report set the benchmark by which the corn market will judge unfolding events.
Corn planting progress raises yield prospects for 2012/13 (05/14/12)
Post corn treatments with residual activity (05/14/12)
Update on herbicide resistance in waterhemp (05/11/12)
Illinois: 89% of corn now planted, off to a "good" start (05/10/12)
CME forecasts record crops (05/09/12)
Black cutworm flocks to Indiana; scouting critical (05/09/12)
Emerged corn, herbicides and nitrogen (05/09/12)
Commodity Info
Charts
Markets
Utah Grain Bids (05/16/12)
Grain Prices @ Illinois Interior Country Elevators (05/16/12)
Kentucky Daily Grain Elevators, Open Bids (05/16/12)
South Carolina Closing Grain Bids (05/16/12)
North Carolina Grain (05/16/12)
Export Grain Bids (05/16/12)
CO/NE/WY Elevator Grain Bids (05/16/12)
Montana Cash Grain Prices (05/16/12)
East River South Dakota Grain Markets - Closing Elevator Bids (05/16/12)
Minneapolis, MN Daily Cash Grain Report (05/16/12)
Key Reports
Corn planting propels to 87 percent (05/14/12)
Corn sales tumble 83 percent (05/10/12)
Corn production projected at record 14.8 billion bushels (05/10/12)
Corn exports dip slightly (05/03/12)
Corn planting surges to 53% (04/30/12)
Corn exports dip this week (04/26/12)
Corn exports soar this week (04/19/12)
USDA: Corn exports sink (04/12/12)
WASDE: Feed grain balance sheets unchanged (04/10/12)
Corn planting surges ahead (04/09/12)
