
Corn futures fell further into the Wednesday close, with pressure from losses in wheat. Contracts were down 3 to 5 cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 4 1/4 cents at $3.64 1/2.
EIA’s weekly report showed ethanol production slipping 2,000 barrels per day in the week that ended on August 22 at 1.07 million barrels per day. Ethanol stocks were down 139,000 barrels to 22.549 million barrels. Exports slipped 51,000 bpd to 121,000 bpd, with refiner inputs of ethanol up 7,000 bpd to 932,000 bpd.