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AM Outlook - Stabilizing

GOOD MORNING, The markets continue to trade in defined ranges, with an overwhelming nod to chart stabilization yesterday.   Corn trades to new contract highs this morning on technical strength and a solid week of export sales.   Yesterday's trade featured a negative wheat trade vs. higher beans, and a strong seasonal for this trade actually begins next Monday.  It could be that the February WASDE reinforces a buy bean/sell wheat trade, while soyoil futures may once again rally vs. meal.  This morning, soyoil gains on meal backed by higher palm and the fact that Egypt purchased 58,000 soyoil at Wednesday's tender.  Beans gain on corn, but these crops continue to vie for acreage.  The overall bounce in...

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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Friday’s CFTC report showed that funds continue to lean bearish the ag space with money managers either paring back longs or expanding shorts. The only exceptions to the bearish trend was the continued buying in the livestock complex and, in a bit of a switch from recent trends, across th...

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Market Commentary: Mostly a Low Volume, Higher Close Day

It was the lowest trading volume day of the week for grains and soybeans. It started with soyoil the only major contract trading lower, but by mid-session it had been joined by old crop corn. New crop corn joined all three wheats and soybeans with a higher close. Hogs opened lower but then reve...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Regional News  The weather forecast for Europe and the Black Sea remain highly varied, though mostly optimistic for grain and oilseed production. Conditions have been favorable for planting across the UK and EU to date, though Ukraine and Russia have seen unseasonably cold conditions that...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Mostly a Low Volume, Higher Close Day

It was the lowest trading volume day of the week for grains and soybeans. It started with soyoil the only major contract trading lower, but by mid-session it had been joined by old crop corn. New crop corn joined all three wheats and soybeans with a higher close. Hogs opened lower but then reve...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.69/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.43/bushel, up $0.12 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.58/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $296.9/short ton, up $2.6 from ye...

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