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Market Commentary: Wheat and Corn Still Strong; Soy Complex Waivers

Corn traded mostly higher all session and has gained value in three of the past four days. The soy complex was higher in the overnight session and opened that way this morning, but it didn’t last long and closed in the red. The July soybean contract has had a mixed week, but it is still up 23 cents due to Monday’s large gain. All three wheats traded both sides of unchanged but then found strength at the end of the session. The livestock complex was pressured lowered most of the day.  Wheat seemed primed for continued profit-taking on oversold conditions but there remains large uncertainties about the crop in many of its major global production areas.  USDA’s weekly Export Sales report showed wheat sales plumm...

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4525/bushel, up $0.07 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.405/bushel, up $0.0125 from yesterday's close.  Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $11.315/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close.  Jan 26 Soymeal closed at $320.4/short ton, up $0 from ye...

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