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Market Commentary: Bears Win Again, but Crush Report Buoys Soybeans

Bears were in control of the CBOT for the second straight day with very few bullish news items seeming to exist on the horizon. Between improving weather forecasts for the Northern Hemisphere, lower threat of a La Nina this year, strong harvest progress in the U.S., large crop forecasts for Brazil, and low water levels in the Mississippi River that could start to restrict export shipments, there were few reasons for bulls to push prices higher. The one reason that did emerge Tuesday, however, was the NOPA crush report, which highlighted stronger-than-expected soybean demand from the industry. Funds were still strong net sellers across the major ag markets and the sentiment in Chicago has shifted decidedly bearish in the past two weeks.&nbsp...

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