Commodity futures opened rather volatile, dancing around both sides of nowhere before settling down to a mixture of some profit-taking, and a breather based on a lack of new inputs. After all, war and weather become anyone’s guess.  The recent flood of capital seeking safe harbor from inflation may have capped its course for now, but the underlying question remains on whether the fundamentals are sound. After all, high prices and a slowing economy may temper the demand side for more elastic items like meat. Then there is the opposite implications of a lack of fertilizer. None of the USDA analysts at a data users’ meeting today cared to venture out on this influential topic, simply deferring participants to await the May WA...

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