Organic Commodity Market Intelligence

Organic corn prices showed significant regional disparity with Northeast markets commanding $2.75-$3.00 premiums over Midwest levels ($12.75-$13.00 vs $10.00 per bushel), indicating persistent transportation bottlenecks and supply constraints in eastern markets. Forward contracting activity increased substantially as organic corn growers moved inventory due to bin space constraints, with national forward contract prices rising $0.36 per bushel week-over-week to average $8.98 per bushel. Organic soybean markets face critical supply shortages with Iowa and Illinois on-farm stocks at 15-year lows