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China bought about 300,000 tonnes of corn on Friday. Flooding and freight delays have shut or cut production at about one-sixth of US ethanol plants, which reduces corn and distillers grains demand.
Lower ethanol output cuts domestic corn grind and reduces DDGS supply to feed buyers, which weighs on corn and DDGS prices despite Chinese buying.
rrfn.comCarah HartMar 25, 2019After 359 past bearish logistics events, Corn moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.5%), and -0.5% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Published 2019-03-25, it reports flooding and freight delays idling or cutting about one-sixth of US ethanol plants, which lowers corn grind demand and plausibly drove the drop.
