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Market Commentary

It may be Halloween, but grain and soy markets carefully stayed away from anything scary or spooky today. Overnight trade saw prices stuck in narrow ranges. Corn and wheat were slightly lower, but soybeans were up a couple of cents at the break for breakfast. Wheat and soybean prices then moved in wider ranges during the day session. At one point, Chicago and KC wheats were down about 10 cents with soybeans up 8 cents. Corn prices stayed glued to the same 4 cent-range that was their home overnight. When today’s markets closed, however, the price results were not far from where they were at the early morning trading break. Wheat finished mostly down 1.5-3.5 cents, although we note for the record that Chicago December was the only whea...

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Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.3125/bushel, up $0.0375 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.525/bushel, up $0.1525 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $11.3725/bushel, up $0.1325 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $307.9/short ton, up $4.9 fr...

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