The September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) closed this Tuesday (7) with a slight decrease of 0.22%, quoted at R$ 68.20/sack. The November contract recorded a drop of 0.15%, to R$ 71.26/sack. In this trading session, domestic prices were pressured by the advance of 2025/26 winter corn harvest node South-Central of BrazilAccording to the survey conducted by DATAGRO Grains Until last Friday (3), the works reached 26.1% of the projected area, after a weekly advance of 7.5 percentage points. In the same period of the previous season, the works were at 29.1%; on average over the last five years, at 30.3%. However, greater losses were avoided by the appreciation of equivalent contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)In the United States, the dollar, which influences the competitiveness of Brazilian corn destined for export, rose during trading. Near the end of negotiations in B3Meanwhile, the exchange rate rose 0.49%, to R$ 5.15.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.