Corn Squares Up on Thursday with Gains

Group 1 - Corn futures closed the Thursday session with an increase of 2 to 3 cents ahead of the USDA reports, with September corn futures seeing 154 deliveries issued overnight [1] - The national average Cash Corn price rose by 2 3/4 cents to $3.75 [1] - Export Sales data indicated a total of 539,900 MT of corn sold for the week ending September 4, with Mexico as the top buyer at 256,500 MT and Japan at 143,700 MT [2] Group 2 - An additional 1.17 MMT of corn was carried over from the 2024/25 marketing year, with total 2025/26 corn sales starting at 22.601 MMT, the second largest on record [2] - Brazil's corn production for 2024/25 was raised by 2.67 MMT to 139.67 MMT according to CONAB [3] - Closing prices for corn on September 25 showed an increase, with Sep 25 Corn at $3.99, Dec 25 Corn at $4.19 3/4, and Mar 26 Corn at $4.37 1/4, all up by 2 3/4 cents [3]