CBOT corn futures drop sharply ahead of USDA crop progress report
Corrects September contract settlement price in paragraph 5 to 17-1/4 cents, from 17-1/5 cents
CHICAGO, July 8 (Reuters) -Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned sharply lower on Monday, hitting roughly the lowest price in four years, as traders expected a positive picture of U.S. crop progress from a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report due after the market close.
Traders expected only isolated crop damage from a recent spate of hail, heavy rainfall and extreme flooding across parts of the western Corn Belt, not widespread problems, said Angie Setzer, partner at Consus Ag.
USDA is expected to rate 67% of the nation's corn crop in good-to-excellent condition in its weekly crop progress report, unchanged from a week ago despite heavy storms in the western Midwest, a Reuters poll of 12 analysts showed on Monday. The rating would be the highest for this time of year since 2020.
Remnants of Hurricane Beryl are expected to make their way from the Gulf into the eastern Corn Belt later this week, meteorologists said. That could be a boon to fields in parts of Illinois and Indiana, where rains have been somewhat limited in recent weeks.
September corn CU24 settled down 17-1/4 centsat $3.93-1/4 per bushel. Earlier in the session, it set a new contract low of $3.91-1/4 per bushel.
Most-active December corn CZ24 ended down 16-1/4 cents at $4.07-3/4 a bushel.
Both old-crop July CN24 and September CU24 corn contracts dropped below the key psychological level of $4 per bushel.
All new-crop corn contracts for grain harvested this fall, as well as corn harvested in the fall of 2025, set new contract lows on the day.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday confirmed private sales of 135,636 metric tons of U.S. corn to undisclosed destinations, of which 50,800 tons are for delivery in the 2023/24 marketing year and 84,836 tons for delivery in the 2024/25 marketing year.
Reporting by P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Leslie Adler
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