The September corn contract traded on Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It closed this Tuesday (14) with a moderate decrease of 0.71%, quoted at R$ 67.42/sack. The November contract recorded a drop of 0.14%, to R$ 71.10/sack. In this trading session, domestic prices were pressured by the devaluation of exchangeThis factor reduces the competitiveness of Brazilian corn traded in dollars on the international market. Near the end of trading, the dollar was down 1.11% at R$ 5.07. Furthermore, the decline in equivalent contracts in… Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) also contributed to the negative scenario. 2025/26 winter corn harvest node South-Central Brazil 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.
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