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Market Commentary

Most of the market talk today was about upcoming harvest pressure (or perhaps the lack thereof) in corn and soybeans. KC and Chicago wheat futures couldn’t hold any gains as a result of some strength in those markets. General Comments Markets were firm overnight, and the highlight was soybean futures pushing right up against long-term major technical resistances at $9.80 in the November contract. Then the highlight of today’s session was that they finally pushed through $9.80 and traded as high as $9.87. The strength in soybeans pulled corn and wheat higher as well.Most of the market talk today was about upcoming harvest pressure (or perhaps the lack thereof) in corn and soybeans. Weather across much of the Corn Belt has been very hot in...

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