GOOD MORNING, Prices are mixed this morning with some short-covering activity in corn, and continued long liquidation in beans and meal. Weather now becomes key as to where prices move next, and crop progress reports showed on-time plantings so far, and steady wheat ratings. Soyoil trades lower on the back of weaker crude, palm, and canola. Wheat trades lower on steady conditions and on time plantings of spring wheat. Corn looks to gain some ground on beans this AM, while meal prices struggle to find contract lows. WEATHER --US weather to turn warmer and drier next which, but remains cool and wet this week. Would not expect many advances in planting progress. In the Delta, moderate to heavy...
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