December corn on the CBOT fell 7.6 cents to $3.79 per bushel due to declines in outside markets. Crude oil fell over $1.92 to settle at $94.78 per barrel. In addition, December gold fell over $27 to $807.70 per ounce, and December silver dropped 78.3 cents to $14.762 per ounce. Corn's market direction Tuesday will once again be determined by outside markets. The weekly crop progress report is due out tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Ethanol producers benefited today:

Plant Name (Company)	Yesterday's Corn Bid	Today's Corn Bid
Aurora Plant (Verasun)	$3.53	$3.45
Fort Dodge Plant (Verasun)	$3.67	$3.61
Charles City Plant (Verasun)	$3.63	$3.55
Iowa Falls Plant (Hawkeye)	$3.63	$3.59
Fairbanks Plant (Hawkeye)	$3.65	$3.61
Iroquois Plant (Iroquois Bio-Energy)	$3.64	$3.61
Redfield Plant (Redfield Energy)	$3.51	$3.47
Glacial Plant (Glacial Lakes Energy)	$3.49	$3.47

It is SHOCKING to note that Pacific Ethanol paid $4.54 per bushel for their third quarter corn. VeraSun's CEO Donald Endres expects VeraSun's corn costs to be in the $2.90-$3.00 range.