 Corn futures were headed for their highest finish in nearly a month on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its forecast for U.S. corn ending stocks for the 20212022 marketing year by 150 million bushels from the May estimate, or roughly 3.81 million metric tons. The USDAs forecast shows 20212022 corn ending stocks at 34.47 million metric tons, down from the previous forecast of 38.28 million metric tons. 