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Export momentum carries corn market into new year

Corn prices continue to be supported by export demand.  

Compeer Financial ag economist Megan Roberts says U.S. corn exports were strong in 2025 and that momentum has carried into the new year.

“I know those corn prices aren’t where we want them to be, but I think that they would be lower if we weren’t seeing some of this really strong export demand.”

Speaking to Brownfield at the Compeer Groundbreakers Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota Friday, further support could come from domestic usage.

“With possibly (nationwide) E15 in the future. At this point, that’s not looking like something that’s going to be in the near-term.”

Roberts says the possibility of fewer corn acres in the U.S. could also be supportive.