USDA Export Sales; Corn Futures Higher

The USDA reported today that corn weekly export sales for the current marketing year for the period ending October 6th totaled 873,400 tonnes. Sales were down 58 percent from the previous week and 18 percent from the four week average. Sales for 2017-2018 totaled 30,500 tonnes. December Corn is trading at 354, up 4 1/2 cents/bushel. March Corn is trading at 363 3/4, up 4 1/4 cents/bushel.