Corn prices rose slightly on the B3 exchange this Monday morning.

At 9:21 am (Brasilia time) this Monday (20), the September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It was operating with a slight advance of 0.17%, quoted at R$ 69.00/sack. The November contract was up 0.19%, at R$ 72.84/sack. On Friday (17), futures advanced 0.66% and 0.62%, to R$ 68.88/sack and R$ 72.70/sack, respectively. In the weekly cutoff, futures accumulated gains of 2.42% and 2.81%, in that order. This morning, domestic prices were benefited by the advance of equivalent contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)However, gains were limited by the downward bias of the exchange, a factor that influences the competitiveness of Brazilian corn destined for export. Regarding 2025/26 winter corn harvest node South-Central Brazilaccording to the monitoring of DATAGRO Grains, the fieldwork exceeded 37% of the projected areaThe pace is below last season's and below the multi-year average. Investors are also monitoring the… harvest of the 2025/26 crop of corn in Argentina that arrived 62.2% of the cultivated areaaccording to Buenos Aires Grain Exchange (BCBA).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.