3 Corn Pricing Strategies to Consider [Video]

Harvest has wrapped up for most of the Midwest. Corn that needed to be sold off the combine at harvest has come to town to be sold. The remaining harvested bushels are now secure in farmer bins at home.

With year-end bills such as land rent, fertilizer costs, and seed purchases likely due soon, farmers may be considering whether they should sell some corn from the bin in the near future.

Over the past month, corn futures prices have traded in a relatively lackluster 20¢-range. The market remains well supported by strong ethanol and export demand. Yet, the reality of 1.9-billion-bushel carryout keeps a lid on market prices for now.

With year end in sight, farmers are now focused on finances and are planning for the 2025 crop year. Will corn prices ever move out of the modest 20¢-trading-range? If there is little reason for corn prices to rally, does …