# Corn prices swing with ‘struggling’ Brazilian crops in spotlight | Air Freight News

> Chicago corn touched its highest level since 2012, rising to $8.1975 a bushel, as the Ukraine war restricts Black Sea supplies and drought threatens Brazil's second-crop corn. China bought 1.1 million tons of US corn in a fourth flash sale above one million tons this month, and US planting is the slowest since 2013.

- Date: 2022-04-28 · published 2022-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41874-corn-prices-swing-with-struggling-brazilian-crops-in-spotlight-air-freight-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Brazilian safrinha drought and Chinese buying pull export demand toward US corn, supporting feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-07-10 | [Signal Ocean Dry Weekly Report: Spotlight on Brazilian corn shipments \| Air Freight News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23969-signal-ocean-dry-weekly-report-spotlight-on-brazilian-corn-shipments-air.md) | -1.0% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-12 | [China's corn imports from US set to rise 67.6% in 2024-25 on higher Brazilian prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14725-china-s-corn-imports-from-us-set-to-rise-67-6-in-2024-25-on-higher-brazilian.md) | -1.6% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-12-15 | [Brazilian market of corn continues with firm prices due to maintenance of good exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9997-brazilian-market-of-corn-continues-with-firm-prices-due-to-maintenance-of-good.md) | +1.8% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2021-01-21 | [Strong barley prices will continue in 2021 - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49218-strong-barley-prices-will-continue-in-2021-grainews.md) | +3.8% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2023-03-26 | [“A Flurry of Chinese Purchases of U.S. Corn,” as Brazil Seeks Further Ag Trade Opening with China \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14855-a-flurry-of-chinese-purchases-of-u-s-corn-as-brazil-seeks-further-ag-trade.md) | +1.6% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- airfreight.news: https://airfreight.news/articles/full/corn-prices-swing-with-astrugglinga-brazilian-crops-in-spotlight

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