Corn Steady to Start Thursday Trade

Corn price action is showing fractionally mixed trade so far on Thursday morning. Futures were pushing higher into the Wednesday close, as contracts were 2 to 3 cents higher in the nearbys. Open interest was down just 848 contracts on Wednesday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 ½ cents at $4.08 3/4. EIA data from Wednesday showed ethanol production in the week ending on January 2 slowing 22,000 barrels per day wk/wk to 1.098 million bpd. Despite the reduction in output, stocks rose ...