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AM Outlook - Soft Ahead of Report

GOOD MORNING, Prices overnight generally were steady after a week of pressure.  It is report day and the market has priced in a lot of bearish news, putting the onus on the bears to find something to take us much lower.  If we go there, think there will be a lot of anxious end-users waiting to get something on the books.  The liquidating length in corn and soyoil sets the sell-the - bearish expectations, (of the report), buy-the-fact scenario.  We will see how this one plays out, but sometimes the August or September report can put in motion harvest lows.  Soyoil futures broke on the back of weaker energies, and the fact that China announced they might sell soyoil from their reserves.    In the Gulf, the...

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