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Natural Gas Futures to Corn Ratio
The natural gas futures to corn ratio is 0.5368 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.79 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Corn at $5.20 per Bushel.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Natural Gas Futures to Corn ratio
1.000 MMBtu of natural gas futures = 0.5368 Bu of corn
Inverse (CORN/NG-FUT): 1.863 — one Bushel of corn buys that much natural gas futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Natural Gas Futures
$2.79
per Million British Thermal Units
Corn
¢5.20
per Bushel
Unit basis: USD per Million British Thermal Units ÷ US Cent per Bushel. The ratio reads as Bushels of corn per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:24:15 GMT.
1Y average
0.7467
median 0.7187
1Y low
0.5241
Aug 24, 2026
1Y high
1.281
Jan 21, 2026
Normal band
0.5958–0.8977
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.39σ
249 observations
Natural Gas Futures to Corn ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the NG-FUT/CORN ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Natural Gas Futures / Corn price chart below.
NG-FUT/CORN ratio line
How many Bu of Corn one MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures buys, over 1Y.
NG-FUT/CORN ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the NG-FUT/CORN ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Natural Gas Futures and Corn prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the natural gas futures to corn ratio
Natural Gas Futures to Corn ratio = Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units ÷ Corn price per Bushel
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Bushels of corn per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.79 ÷ $5.20 = 0.5368. The inverse is 1.863.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the natural gas futures to corn ratio today?
The natural gas futures to corn ratio is 0.5368 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.79 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Corn at $5.20 per Bushel, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the natural gas futures to corn ratio?
Divide the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units by the corn price per Bushel. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Bushels of corn per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures.
What is the inverse of the natural gas futures to corn ratio?
The inverse, corn to natural gas futures, is 1.863 — how many Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures one Bushel of corn buys.