CBOT corn down as farmers sell and bumper crop looms
CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) -Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell to the lowest point since 2020 on Monday as expectations of a bumper corn crop and a continued stream of farmer selling weighed on futures, analysts said.
Most-active December CZ24 corn ended down 4-1/2 cents at $3.86-1/2 per bushel after hitting a life-of-contract low of $3.85 per bushel.
Advisory service Pro Farmer on Friday projected U.S. production at 14.979 billion bushels, below the 15.147 billion seen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A flurry of farmer selling has continued this week, adding downward momentum to corn futures.
The USDA is slated to update good-excellent ratings for the corn crop in a weekly report later on Monday.
The agency is expected to rate 66% of the nation's corn crop in good-to-excellent condition in its weekly crop progress report, down a percentage point from the previous week, a Reuters poll of 11 analysts showed on Monday.
Reporting by Heather Schlitz;
Editing by Mark Porter
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