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MacroVoices · Thursday, October 29, 2026

USDA Corn Production Forecast Raised, Triggering Long Liquidation

Patrick Ceresna notes that the USDA raised its corn production forecast to 234 million bushels, leading to significant long liquidation and shorting among traders as the bullish scarcity narrative cools.

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“the USDA corn production forecast was raised to 234 million bushels. It's a higher yield, less support of the bullish scarcity story.”
Patrick Ceresna
“So we saw roughly 166,000 net contracts sold over the last two weeks, both long liquidation and fresh shorting.”
Patrick Ceresna
Heard on MacroVoices — “MacroVoices #556 Luke Gromen: US Midterms & Beyond”, published Thursday, October 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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