At 9:37 am (Brasilia time) this Monday (18), the July corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It was operating at a moderate high of 0.51%, quoted at R$ 67.14/sack; the September contract advanced 0.66%, to R$ 70.09/sack. On Friday (15), the July contract fell 0.18%, to R$ 66.80/sack, and the September contract retreated 0.24%, to R$ 69.63/sack. In the week, futures accumulated losses of 1.17% and 0.13%, respectively. This morning, domestic prices followed the surge of more than 3% in corn in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)However, greater gains were limited by the nearly 1% drop in the exchange rate, a factor that reduces the competitiveness of Brazilian grain destined for export. Later, the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex) Brazil will release new partial data on Brazilian corn exports in May. In the first four months of this year, Brazil exported 7.210 million tons of the grain, a volume 19% higher than that recorded in the same period of 2025. The market also remains focused on the agricultural sector, especially on the imminent start of the winter corn harvest in the Center-South region, which should increase the domestic availability of the cereal in the coming months. Harvesting of the first crop, in turn, is practically complete in the main producing states, with only a few areas remaining to be harvested in Goiás and Minas Gerais.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.