At 9:17 am (Brasilia time) this Monday (27), the September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It was operating with a sharp drop of 1.63%, quoted at R$ 69.43/sack. The November contract was down 1.70%, at R$ 73.63/sack. On Friday (24), futures closed without a defined direction, with the September contract down 0.28%, at R$ 70.58/sack. The November contract advanced 0.21%, to R$ 74.90/sack. This morning, domestic prices were pressured by the broad decline of more than 3% in equivalent contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)in the United States. However, larger losses were limited by the upward bias of exchange, a factor that increases the competitiveness of Brazilian grain destined for export. Regarding harvest of the 2025/26 winter corn crop node South-Central Brazil, according to the monitoring of DATAGRO GrainsCurrently, work has already surpassed 50.3% of the cultivated area. This is a slower pace than in previous seasons. DATAGRO Grains It is projected that Brazil will harvest 112.5 million tons of corn in this second crop of 2026, a volume 5% lower compared to the last cycle.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.