Thursday and Friday are the last two days of the month with a three-day weekend present to kick off September, which helped create a “risk off” short covering tone in the markets. Consequently, the major CBOT ag markets were all higher for the day with additional fundamental developments offering support as well. The U.S. weather is going to be a bit hotter and drier over the next week, which could shave off a few bushels from the national corn and soybean yields. Wheat futures rose on continued expectations for a small French crop with quality concerns still lingering and perhaps increasing. One of the big items for the day was the strong rally in CBOT soyoil, which finds itself in the odd position of being “cheap”...
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