# Is the corn market about to feel a soybean trade war hangover?

> Exporters with limited storage are selling more corn into an oversupplied market after strong recent US export figures. The FOB-CIF barge spread has narrowed to under 10 cents, increasing pressure to sell.

- Date: 2018-10-03 · published 2018-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62575-is-the-corn-market-about-to-feel-a-soybean-trade-war-hangover
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Narrowing elevation margins signal heavy export selling pressure, which weighs on corn export prices as the trade tests global demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-03-23 | [Asian markets jittery over trade war fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66230-asian-markets-jittery-over-trade-war-fears.md) | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2018-10-12 | [Trade War Drives Farmers to Corn as China Shuns US Soybeans - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8558-trade-war-drives-farmers-to-corn-as-china-shuns-us-soybeans-tt.md) | +2.4% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2018-06-09 | [Trade-War Drums: Is Mexico Ready to Fire at the US Corn Belt? \| Wolf Street](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64507-trade-war-drums-is-mexico-ready-to-fire-at-the-us-corn-belt-wolf-street.md) | -3.5% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2018-04-04 | [China soybean salvo is well-timed shot in trade skirmish - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65552-china-soybean-salvo-is-well-timed-shot-in-trade-skirmish-marketwatch.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-26 | [Corn, Soybeans Ease as Market Digests Trump Tariff Threats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6059-corn-soybeans-ease-as-market-digests-trump-tariff-threats.md) | -0.6% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- farmingportal.co.za: http://farmingportal.co.za/index.php/farming-news/africa-world/411-is-the-corn-market-about-to-feel-a-soybean-trade-war-hangover

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