The July corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) The final price of the July contract closed this Friday (26) with a drop of 0.42%, quoted at R$ 64.29/sack, while the September contract closed with a downward trend (-0.06%), at R$ 67.96/sack. However, during the week, the July and September contracts closed with gains of 0.59% and 1.74%, respectively. In this trading session, domestic prices were pressured by the decline in equivalent cereal contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), in the United States. Furthermore, the devaluation of exchangeThe factor that reduces the competitiveness of corn destined for export also contributed to the negative trend. Near the end of trading, the dollar fell 0.15% to R$5.16. In the field, according to a survey by DATAGRO Grains, until last Friday (19), the 2025/26 winter corn harvest node South-Central Brazil The area under planting reached 11.7% of the projected area, following a weekly increase of 5.3 percentage points. The pace of work is similar to that observed in the same period last year (11.7%) and the average of the last five harvests (12.0%). DATAGRO It is projected that 112 million tons will be harvested in this second crop, a 5% decrease compared to the previous cycle.
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