The September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) The futures contract closed this Wednesday (1st) with a slight increase of 0.23%, quoted at R$ 68.36/sack, with an accumulated weekly gain of 0.59%. The November contract registered an increase of 0.28%, to R$ 71.31/sack, with a 0.44% appreciation in the week. In this trading session, domestic prices were supported by the appreciation of exchange, a factor that increases the competitiveness of corn destined for export. Near the end of negotiations in B3Meanwhile, the dollar rose 0.79% to R$ 5.20. Furthermore, the advance in equivalent grain contracts in… Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)In the United States, this also contributed to the positive bias. In the field, investors are monitoring the… fieldwork node South-Central BrazilAccording to DATAGRO Grains, until last Friday (26), the 2025/26 winter corn harvest Planting has reached 18.6% of the cultivated area, following a weekly increase of 6.9 percentage points. During the same period last season, planting was at 17.6%; the average for the last five years is 19.8%.
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