# Funds open 2025 with most bullish CBOT corn view in two years

> Funds entered 2025 with their most bullish CBOT corn view in two years. CBOT wheat futures had fallen to two-year highs against a strengthening US dollar, making US exports less competitive. Winter wheat planting data was due the following Friday.

- Date: 2025-01-07 · published 2025-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11501-funds-open-2025-with-most-bullish-cbot-corn-view-in-two-years
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Fund buying supports corn prices, while a stronger dollar reduces US wheat export competitiveness and weighs on wheat values.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-01-06 | 1 | +2.0% | 3.1 | Funds' most bullish corn positioning in two years indicates speculative buying support that can amplify upside moves. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-09-29 | [Strong domestic demand in Brazil will require more of the second corn crop in 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13473-strong-domestic-demand-in-brazil-will-require-more-of-the-second-corn-crop-in.md) | -1.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2018-01-26 | [Dollar falls, set for biggest monthly drop in nearly 2 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10400-dollar-falls-set-for-biggest-monthly-drop-in-nearly-2-years.md) | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2025-02-03 | [Brazil's real sets longest streak of gains in 20 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26255-brazil-s-real-sets-longest-streak-of-gains-in-20-years.md) | +0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2024-09-20 | [Bullish macro-economic environment and hot U.S. finishing weather boost CBOT prices – ProAgri Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5605-bullish-macro-economic-environment-and-hot-u-s-finishing-weather-boost-cbot.md) | +0.0% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2021-10-14 | [Britain's chicken king says the 20-year binge on cheap food is over \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44730-britain-s-chicken-king-says-the-20-year-binge-on-cheap-food-is-over-reuters.md) | +3.2% | +13.8% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-06 | [U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat slide with financial markets - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7989-u-s-grains-corn-soy-wheat-slide-with-financial-markets-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +5.7% | -2.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-01 | [Corn, Wheat Continue to Fall with Crude Oil: Soybeans and Cattle Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19274-corn-wheat-continue-to-fall-with-crude-oil-soybeans-and-cattle-rally.md) | -2.6% | -1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-21 | [U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11765-u-s-grains-wheat-soy-corn-fall-sharply-on-fund-selling-grainews.md) | -1.9% | +7.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/funds-open-2025-with-most-bullish-cbot-corn-view-two-years-2025-01-07/

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