At 9:17 am (Brasilia time) this Wednesday (15), the September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) The July futures contract was trading slightly higher, up 0.49%, at R$ 67.75/sack; the November contract advanced 0.28%, to R$ 71.30/sack. Over the week, the contracts registered gains of 0.74% and 0.83%, respectively. Yesterday (14), the July contract depreciated 0.71%, quoted at R$ 67.42/sack, while the September contract retreated 0.14%, to R$ 71.10/sack. This morning, domestic prices were supported by the advance of equivalent cereal contracts in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), as well as by valuing exchangeThis factor increases the competitiveness of Brazilian corn destined for export. Market agents also monitor the 2025/26 winter corn harvest node South-Central BrazilThe fieldwork reached 36.7% of the projected area, after a weekly increase of 10.6 percentage points, according to a survey conducted by DATAGRO Grains until last Friday (10). In the same period of the previous season, work was at 42.4%; on average over the last five years, at 41.1%. A DATAGRO 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.