Producer contraction sustains corn prices in the interior

Corn prices in the Brazilian interior remain firm. This is shown by the surveys from the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea). The support comes mainly from the retraction of producers, who remain focused on sowing the 2025/26 summer crop. At the ports, according to the institute, the values of the cereal are advancing, reflecting the appreciation of the dollar and the international market. Researchers highlight that the increase in prices at the ports tends to also boost quotations in the interior of the country, as this context raises the export parity. In the field, the sowing of the 2025/26 crop is ahead in most producing regions, totaling, as of October 11, 31.2% of the national area, a weekly advance of 2.1 percentage points and above the 30.7% average of the last five years, ...