CBOT corn higher on expectations of fewer acres

March 25 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures turned higher on Wednesday on expectations that farmers will trim plantings of input-intensive corn as the Strait of Hormuz closure threatened the fertilizer supply chain.

• Grain markets are assessing potential repercussions for crop production from war-related tensions in fertilizer markets.

• Corn requires high amounts of nitrogen from fertilizer.

• Rising fertilizer and fuel prices may influence farmers' planting decisions, increasing interest in U.S. Department of Agriculture acreage estimates next week.

• Taiwan's MFIG purchasing group bought about 65,000 metric tons of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from the U.S. in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said.

• CBOT March corn CH26 settled 4-3/4 cents higher to $4.67-1/4 per bushel.