The world corn stocks-to-use ratio ex-China is currently projected to be 11%. That would be up slightly from last year's 10.6% but still very close to the 2012-13 era. That means there is a giant sucking sound for corn exports, and the U.S. is in a position to deliver.
Alan Brugler is a DTN contributing analyst and the president of Brugler Marketing and Management LLC, specializing in agricultural markets with over 40 years of experience. His expertise spans commodities markets, commodity trading, farming equipment, and farm management, reflecting his deep-rooted connection to agriculture from his upbringing on a grain and dairy farm in northeast Ohio. Alan's insights and analyses have been featured in publications such as Dummer's Grain Service, The Progressive Farmer, and Nasdaq, among others.
