Corn decreased 3.39 USd/BU or 0.74% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Corn - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

Get statistical data on weekly spot market and forward contract corn prices in Ontario. Data includes: * old and new crop Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) prices * old and new crop weekly unadjusted basis * old and new crop weekly adjusted basis * old crop weekly cash price * new crop cash price * cash price spread * CBOT price spread * Canadian dollar value * 5-year average for corn basis * 10-year average for corn basis * 10-year average cash price Statistical data are compiled to serve as a source of agriculture and food statistics for the province of Ontario. Data are prepared primarily by Statistics and Economics staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in co-operation with the Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada and various government departments and farm marketing boards.

In 2022, the average price of one bushel of corn was around 7.43 U.S. dollars. That year, the United States was the largest producer of corn in the world.

The dataset contains daily price ranges calculated from the daily high and low prices for Chicago Wheat, Corn, and Oats futures contracts, starting in 1877. The data is manually extracted from the ``Annual Reports of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago'' (today, the Chicago Board of Trade, CBOT, which is part of the CME group).

The price range is calculated as Ranget = ln(Ht) - ln(Lt), where Ht and Lt are the highest and lowest price observed on trading day t.

Description of the dataset:

Date: The trading day, format dd-mm-yyyy

Range_W_F1: Price range Wheat futures, First expiration (nearby contract)

Range_W_F2: Price range Wheat futures, Second expiration

Range_C_F1: Price range Corn futures, First expiration (nearby contract)

Range_C_F2: Price range Corn futures, Second expiration

Range_O_F1: Price range Oats futures, First expiration (nearby contract)

Range_O_F2: Price range Oats futures, Second expiration

Basis reflects both local and global supply and demand forces. It is calculated as the difference between the local cash price and the futures price. It affects when and where many grain producers and shippers buy and sell grain. Many factors affect basis—such as local supplies, storage and transportation availability, and global demand—and they interact in complex ways. How changes in basis manifest in transportation is likewise complex and not always direct. For instance, an increase in current demand will drive cash prices up relative to future prices, and increase basis. At the same time, grain will enter the transportation system to fulfill that demand. However, grain supplies also affect basis, but will have the opposite effect on transportation. During harvest, the increase in the supply of grain pushes down cash prices relative to futures prices, and basis weakens, but the demand for transportation increases to move the supplies.

For more information on how basis is linked to transportation, see the story, "Grain Prices, Basis, and Transportation" (https://agtransport.usda.gov/stories/s/sjmk-tkh6), and links below for research on the topic.

This data has corn, soybean, and wheat basis for a variety of locations. These include origins—such as Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and many others—and destinations, such as the Pacific Northwest, Louisiana Gulf, Texas Gulf, and Atlantic Coast.

This is one of three companion datasets. The other two are grain prices (https://agtransport.usda.gov/d/g92w-8cn7) and grain price spreads (https://agtransport.usda.gov/d/an4w-mnp7). These datasets are separate, because the coverage lengths differ and missing values are removed (e.g., there needs to be a cash price and a futures price to have a basis price).

The cash price comes from the grain prices dataset and the futures price comes from the appropriate futures market, which is Chicago Board of Trade (CME Group) for corn, soybeans, and soft red winter wheat; Kansas City Board of Trade (CME Group) for hard red winter wheat; and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange for hard red spring wheat.

CBOT operates as part of the CME Group, offering a wide range of futures and options contracts across various asset classes. CBOT specializes in trading futures and options contracts for agricultural commodities, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and oats, as well as financial instruments, including interest rates and stock indexes.

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