# The raw material corn is soaring, the lysine and threonine markets jump

> Chinese spot corn prices have surged past 2,600 CNY/ton, a four-year high, after typhoons damaged northeast new-season corn and slowed harvesting. Lysine and threonine producers including Wanli Runda, Yipin Bio and Fufeng raised quotations by about 0.1-0.2 yuan/kg in the days around October 20-21.

- Date: 2020-10-22 · published 2020-10-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50570-the-raw-material-corn-is-soaring-the-lysine-and-threonine-markets-jump
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Higher corn costs push up feed-amino acid prices and tighten domestic feed input margins, supporting corn and lysine pricing in China.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-23 | [How record heat could affect the U.S. corn and soybean markets - DTN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45915-how-record-heat-could-affect-the-u-s-corn-and-soybean-markets-dtn.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2019-06-05 | [Droughts and flooding rains impact market \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8686-droughts-and-flooding-rains-impact-market-the-land-nsw.md) | +0.9% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-29 | [Will the Bull Market in Corn Continue to Pull Up Soybeans and Wheat? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6895-will-the-bull-market-in-corn-continue-to-pull-up-soybeans-and-wheat-agweb.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2018-02-17 | [Best practice for managing risk in the corn market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66522-best-practice-for-managing-risk-in-the-corn-market.md) | -0.1% | +4.4% |
| CORN | 2026-02-11 | [Lack of rain pressures corn and soybeans in the South](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13451-lack-of-rain-pressures-corn-and-soybeans-in-the-south.md) | -0.5% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- echemi.com: https://www.echemi.com/cms/124978.html

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