Feed Grains: Weekly US corn sales top 1 million tonnes

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Published: March 17, 2016

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, March 17 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, March 17.

– CBOT corn futures held near unchanged on Thursday, as spillover support from the advances in crude oil was countered by expectations for increased US acres. The May contract was up 0.25 US cents at US$3.6850 per bushel.

– The USDA reported weekly US corn export sales of 1.2 million tonnes, which was at the high end of trade guesses and did provide some support to the grain market.

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