CME Group corn futures hit record daily volume after USDA report

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CME Group's Corn Futures Set New Daily Volume Record After USDA Raised Outlook

October 12, 2026 6:36 PM EDT

CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its Corn futures reached a new daily volume record of 1,206,376 contracts on October 9, surpassing the previous record of 1,128,597 contracts traded on March 29, 2019.

"Following last week's surprise USDA report, market participants turned to our Corn futures to quickly adjust positions and manage price risk,"... More