The September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) The contract closed this Monday (6) with a significant increase of 2.01%, quoted at R$ 68.35/sack, while the November contract closed with an advance of 1.23%, at R$ 71.37/sack. In this trading session, domestic prices were driven by the increase of more than 3.5% in equivalent contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)Data released on Friday by Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex) and analyzed by DATAGRO Grains Data shows that Brazil shipped 434,000 tons of corn in June 2026, a volume significantly higher than that recorded in May (249,000 tons) and 18% above the result recorded in the same month of 2025 (367,000 tons). Brazilian corn shipments are expected to gain momentum in the second half of this year, taking the place of soybeans at ports, as the second corn crop harvest progresses in the Center-South of Brazil. In the field, the latest survey by DATAGRO Grains The data shows that work was approaching 20% of the cultivated area, at a pace similar to that observed in the same period last year and the average of the last five seasons. However, the devaluation of exchangeThis factor reduces the competitiveness of Brazilian corn traded in dollars on the international market. Near the end of negotiations in… B3Meanwhile, the dollar fell 0.62% to R$ 5.13.
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