US MIDDAY: corn weakens

06 Aug, 2008

September corn was down 9-3/4 cents at $5.25-3/4 a bushel; new-crop December was down 10-3/4 at $5.44-3/4. Good crop weather in the US Midwest as the crop pollinates weigh. Additional pressure from falling crude oil, a firm dollar and brokerage firm FC Stone 2008 US corn estimate at 12.197 bln bu, above USDA's current outlook for 11.7 billion. [ID:nN04512206]

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