THE OPEN May beans: 2 1/2 higher May meal: steady May soyoil: 11 higher May corn: 3/4 higher May wheat: 6 higher The markets opened as expected with prices trading higher at the start of the day. Profit-taking was noted as shorts covered in beans and sold wheat. Traders eventually bot soyoil/sold meal with oilshare moving higher. The Outlook numbers set the stage for what may become a longer term buy bean/sell corn trade. Profit-taking was noted in wheat as funds remain long into the weekend to the tune of about 50K. The new crop bean/corn ratio traded to 2.36:1. SOY
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