Organic corn prices remain depressed despite a decline in organic cracked corn imports. Organic cracked corn imports increased steadily during the ramp-up in organic poultry demand in the United States during the 2017/2018 marketing year but have tailed off during the 2019/2020 season. 

There was a dearth of organic cracked corn imports in September was in line with the Jacobsen’s expectations. Despite the lack of organic cracked corn, organic corn prices have remained depressed. The Jacobsen estimates that no organic cracked corn imports arrived in September in the United States, which compares to approximately 1,600 tons which appeared in September of 2019. Historically, September has experienced robust volumes of organic cracked corn imports. For example, in September of 2018, approximately 22K tons of organic cracked corn was imported into the US.

While organic cracked corn remains a bone…