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PM Post - Down but with some Small Bounces

THE OPEN July beans:  12 3/4 lower July meal:  3.20 lower July soyoil:  57 lower July corn:  5 lower July wheat:  7 1/4 lower Prices opened lower as expected with beans punished the most given the exposure to heightened rhetoric from the Trump Administration that could threaten the Phase One deal.  Wheat prices recovered after the open as traders bought wheat/sold beans and corn.  A faster-than-expected planting pace is expected in the crop progress report after the close, which also added to a bearish mindset. In headline news items, Tyson Foods stated that the coronavirus would continue to limit US meat supply.   SOY The soy complex opened weaker with fund selling at the open for bea...

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