Corn closes mixed on B3 with firm physical prices and falling dollar.

The corn market closed on Monday (20) with a mixed performance on B3, reflecting the combination of firm prices in the domestic market and the depreciation of the dollar against the real, which reduces the competitiveness of exports. The information is from TF Agroeconômica. According to a survey by Cepea, corn prices in the interior of the country remain sustained by the retraction of producers, who remain focused on sowing the 2025/26 summer crop. At the ports, prices advance following the appreciation of the exchange rate and the international market, which tends to also boost quotations in the interior, as it raises the export parity. According to Conab, the planting of the 2025/26 crop reached 31.2% of the national area by October 11, a weekly advance of 2.1 percentage points and above the average of the last five years, of 30.7%. The state-owned company projects a total production of 138.6 million tons, which would represent a 1.8% decrease from the previous crop, reflecting ...