Corn futures are holding onto 1 to 2 cent gains at midday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 1 1/4 cents at $3.95 1/2.
USDA reported a private export sale of 130,480 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning. Weekly data will be out on Thursday, with traders looking for between 0.8-2.1 MMT in corn sold for the week ending on 1/29.
EIA data from this morning showed a total of 956,000 barrels per day of ethanol production in the week of 1/30, down 158,000 bpd from the previous week. Stocks of ethanol were down 264,000 barrels to 25.136 million barrels. Export were up 59,000 bpd to 216,000 bpd, with refiner inputs of ethanol dropping 92,000 bpd to 791,000 bpd.
A South Korean importer purchased a total of 65,000 MT of corn in a private tender on Tuesday.
Mar 26 Corn is at $4.29 1/2, up 1 cent,
Nearby Cash is at $3.95 1/2, up 1 1/4 cents,
May 26 Corn is at $4.37, up 1 1/4 cents,
Jul 26 Corn is at $4.43, up 1 cent,
