The CBOT ended lower Wednesday as profit taking and risk-off trade occurred ahead of next week’s WASDE report. World ag markets were overbought after months of rallies and needed to “cool off”. December Paris milling wheat futures were down €3/MT today and pulled back from yesterday’s lifetime high while EU rapeseed futures were down €3.75/MT after posting a new contract high yesterday. Funds were modest net sellers for the day, largely evening positions and maintaining their growing long positions in ag commodities. U.S. farmers declined to make significant sales Wednesday after aggressively marketing new crop supplies Monday and early Tuesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced today that it will s...
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