Corn Sees Spreading on Friday, with New Crop Seeing Gains

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Austin Schroeder

Thu, February 12, 2026 at 7:43 AM GMT+9 1 min read

Corn futures closed the midweek session with contracts down fractionally to 1 ½ cents in the nearbys. New crop contracts saw 1 to 2 ¼ cent gains. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 1/4 cents at $3.94.

The average close for December futures in February has been $4.58, as the base spring price for crop insurance is underway. Last year it was $4.70.

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USDA reported a private export sale of 230,560 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning. Export Sales data will be out on Thursday morning, with traders looking for between 0.6-1.1 MMT of 2025/26 corn sold in the week of 2/5. Sales for 2026/27 are seen 0-100,000 MT in that week.

EIA showed ethanol production bouncing 154,000 barrels per day in the week ending on February 13 to 1.11 million barrels per day. Ethanol stocks were up 111,000 barrels to 25.247 million barrels. Exports did slip back 79,000 barrels per day to 137,000 bpd, with refiner inputs up 50,000 bpd to 841,000 bpd.

Mar 26 Corn  closed at $4.27 1/2, down 1 1/4 cents,

Nearby Cash  was $3.94, down 1 1/4 cents,

May 26 Corn  closed at $4.36 1/2, down 3/4 cent,

Jul 26 Corn  closed at $4.44 1/4, down 1/2 cent,

_ On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com _

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