TREND: The trend for July corn is sideways.
NONCOMMERCIAL OUTLOOK: Noncommercial traders held a net-long futures position of 175,429 contracts of corn as of April 29, a decrease of 44,414 contracts week-over-week as traders have returned to liquidating long positions over the past two weeks.
COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK: Commercial corn traders held a net-short position of 128,654 contracts as of April 29, a decrease of 32,825 contracts week-over-week. The July 2025 contract is priced 29 1/4 cents higher than the September 2025 contract, a spread that weakened over the past week. DTN's National Corn Basis continued to climb over the past week to 30 cents under the July board, an improvement of 3 cents week-over-week.
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Commentary
AgHost Livestock Close
It was a fruitful day for the livestock complex as all three of the markets ended the day stronger. It was especially a big-hitting week for the cattle complex as traders pushed the contracts higher through Friday's close thanks to the added support of yet-again record-breaking cash cattle prices.