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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Friday’s CFTC report was largely in-line with expectations as it showed mild short covering by managed money traders across the soy complex and corn futures. Funds fought back about 3 percent of their corn short, which continues to hover near this year’s record low values. Funds were slight buyers in soybeans and soymeal but were essentially flat for the week, which was an interesting lack of development given soybeans’ recent push away from contract lows. More interesting, however,...

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