瑞达期货玉米系产业日报-20250818

Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the report 2. Core Viewpoints - Corn: The USDA's August supply - demand report is overall bearish, causing international corn prices to decline. In the domestic market, factors such as continuous import corn auctions in the Northeast, the release of old - stock corn, good growth of new - season corn, and upcoming bulk listing of spring corn suppress the bullish sentiment in the spot market. The market trading activity is poor, and feed enterprises' consumption enthusiasm is low. Most deep - processing enterprises replenish stocks based on supply and demand. The spot price is weak, and the corn futures market is in a weak trend, suggesting a bearish approach [2]. - Corn Starch: As previously - overhauled enterprises resume production, the operating rate of the corn starch industry has increased, leading to greater supply - side pressure. The downstream demand is still in the off - season with poor order - taking and sales. The supply exceeds demand. The inventory has increased, and the futures market shows a weak trend, also suggesting a bearish approach [3]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Futures Market - Domestic: Corn futures' active - contract closing price is 2177 yuan/ton, down 13 yuan; corn starch futures' active - contract closing price is 2594 yuan/ton, down 8 yuan. The net long positions of the top 20 futures holders for corn decreased by 28,029 hands, and for corn starch, it remained unchanged. The registered warehouse receipts for yellow corn decreased by 2102 hands, and for corn starch, it remained unchanged [2]. - CBOT: The closing price of CBOT corn futures is 405.75 cents/bushel, up 7.25 cents. The total position decreased by 67,625 contracts, and the non - commercial net long position decreased by 25,206 contracts [2]. Spot Market - Corn: The average spot price is 2393.92 yuan/ton, down 0.2 yuan. The flat - hatch price at Jinzhou Port is 2310 yuan/ton, down 10 yuan. The CIF price of imported corn is 1926.05 yuan/ton, unchanged [2]. - Corn Starch: The factory - quoted prices in Changchun, Weifang, and Shijiazhuang are 2710 yuan/ton, 2950 yuan/ton, and 2880 yuan/ton respectively, all unchanged [2]. Upstream Situation - The predicted annual corn production in the US is 401.85 million tons, Brazil 131 million tons, Argentina 53 million tons, China 295 million tons, and Ukraine 30.5 million tons. The predicted sown areas in the US, Brazil, Argentina, and China are 35.12 million hectares, 22.6 million hectares, 7.5 million hectares, and 44.3 million hectares respectively [2]. Industry Situation - Inventory: Corn inventories at southern ports decreased by 14.5 tons to 75.1 tons, and at northern ports decreased by 22 tons to 247 tons. The starch enterprise inventory increased by 1.2 tons to 133.2 tons [2]. - Trade Volume: The monthly import volume of corn decreased by 3 tons to 16 tons, and the monthly export volume of corn starch increased by 4.06 tons to 27.78 tons [2]. Downstream Situation - Feed: The monthly feed production increased by 175.6 tons to 2937.7 tons, and the sample feed corn inventory days decreased by 0.83 days to 29.61 days [2]. - Deep - processing: The weekly consumption of deep - processed corn decreased by 2.4 tons to 114.06 tons. The operating rate of alcohol enterprises decreased by 1.08% to 42%, and that of starch enterprises increased by 2.07% to 55.9% [2]. Option Market - The 20 - day historical volatility of corn decreased by 3.48% to 5.89%, and the 60 - day historical volatility decreased by 1.73% to 5.89%. The implied volatility of at - the - money call and put options on corn increased by 5.84% and 5.82% respectively to 21.26% and 21.24% [2]. Industry News - Field research by AgResource shows that corn and soybeans in northern and eastern Iowa have strong growth potential close to record yields. Dr. Michael Cordonnier raised the 2025 US corn yield per acre by 1 bushel to a record 183 bushels per acre [2]. - The USDA's August supply - demand report shows an increase in the estimated 2025/26 US corn planting area, yield per acre, production, and ending inventory, which is overall bearish for the market [2].