Corn sales advance and prices fall in Mato Grosso

According to the weekly analysis by the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea), released on Monday (9), in January 2026 the commercialization of the 2024/25 corn crop in Mato Grosso reached 92.36% of production. Corn negotiations available in the state advanced 4.07 percentage points in the month, but at a slower pace than observed between November and December 2025. According to Imea, the slowdown is associated with the devaluation of the cereal in the state market, which in January registered a decline of 5.43%, with an average price of R$ 45.68 per sack. In the case of the 2025/26 crop, Imea's survey pointed to a monthly advance of 2.77 percentage points in January, totaling 32.00% of the volume already commercialized. Regarding the price of future corn, there was a monthly drop of 3.61%, with an average of R$ 44.29 per sack. The institute informed that both movements reflect the producer's lesser focus on commercialization at this moment, since the ...