Corn: year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
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ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges.
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2026 year to date: +8.6% · 6th of 26 years
Corn is up 8.6% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 6th of 26 years at this point since 2001. In the median year it was down 1.2% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Corn: return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +8.6% |
| 2025 | −4.0% |
| 2024 | −2.7% |
| 2023 | −30.6% |
| 2022 | +14.4% |
| 2021 | +22.6% |
| 2020 | +24.8% |
| 2019 | +3.4% |
| 2018 | +6.9% |
| 2017 | −0.4% |
| 2016 | −1.9% |
| 2015 | −9.6% |
| 2014 | −5.9% |
| 2013 | −39.6% |
| 2012 | +8.0% |
| 2011 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | +51.8% |
| 2009 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | −10.7% |
| 2007 | +16.7% |
| 2006 | +80.9% |
| 2005 | +5.4% |
| 2004 | −16.8% |
| 2003 | +4.4% |
| 2002 | +18.0% |
| 2001 | −10.2% |
| 2000 (since Jul 17) | +24.1% |