General Comments Trading overnight provided mixed results with soybeans giving back Tuesday's gains while corn and wheat moved modestly higher -- just the opposite of the price action during the Tuesday day session. Volume was modest. Today's session also saw modest volume with literally every grain and soy complex futures contract, except for July corn, trading on both sides of yesterday's closes. However, by late in the day session a definite price trend had been established. July corn, July soybeans and all soymeal contracts were higher, but everything else posted losses. That is the way the market closed.It has become like a broken record, but once again July corn, July soybeans and July soybean meal split away from the rest of the m...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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