December Corn Futures - 8-18-26

Center for Agricultural Profitability · Aug 18, 2026

This is part of the Marketing Tips for TAPS series for August 18, 2026, presented by the Center for Agricultural Profitability and the UNL TAPS program. Jeff Peterson, assistant professor of practice in ag economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, looks at the technical picture for December corn futures following the August WASDE report. The market moved above both its 100-day and 200-day moving averages after the report came out, with managed money now holding a net long position of roughly 220,000 contracts. Jeff points to $4.92 as the key level to watch, the market's mid-July high…