# Best practice for managing risk in the corn market

> A farm column argues that corn bulls are pointing to strong US demand and Argentine weather problems, with Argentine crop ratings reportedly very poor. The author says USDA forecasts for Argentina and Brazil corn may be too high and cites Chinese logistics issues boosting import demand.

- Date: 2018-02-17 · published 2018-02-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Argentina · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66522-best-practice-for-managing-risk-in-the-corn-market
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If Argentine and Brazilian corn output falls short of USDA forecasts, import demand shifts to US corn and firmer export prices would raise feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-06-30 | [Options pricing is corn market’s lie detector test](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52656-options-pricing-is-corn-market-s-lie-detector-test.md) | +3.3% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2022-06-16 | [Corn, wheat rise despite financial market selloff – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40995-corn-wheat-rise-despite-financial-market-selloff-the-seam.md) | -1.5% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2017-05-20 | [GRAIN MARKETS: Cold and wet forecast for Midwest lifts corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10219-grain-markets-cold-and-wet-forecast-for-midwest-lifts-corn.md) | +1.0% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [The Start of a Corn Market Rally \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59125-the-start-of-a-corn-market-rally-red-river-farm-network.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/best-practice-for-managing-risk-in-the-corn-market

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