CBOT corn futures tick higher on spillover support from soy

CHICAGO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended higher on Wednesday on spillover strength from higher soy futures despite a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report and harvest pressure from the U.S. Midwest.

• Most-active CBOT December corn CZ25 settled 1 cent higher at $4.16-1/2 per bushel.

• Warm and dry weather over the U.S. Corn Belt promoted harvest progress over the weekend, and forecasts called for more of the same this week.

• The USDA said in a quarterly report that there were 1.532 billion bushels of corn in storage as of September 1, down from 1.763 billion bushels a year earlier. Analysts on average expected 1.337 billion bushels.

• Grain markets may be left without further USDA data in the coming days after a U.S. government shutdown started on Wednesday amid political deadlock over short-term funding measures.