The November WASDE usually isn’t a major market-moving event, but you wouldn’t know that from how CBOT futures reacted just one day before the report. Wheat – the bearish laggard of the grain complex – jumped to 20+ cent gains at mid-week with little apparent reasoning. Corn futures and the soy complex rallied as well, but at least fresh export sales and a strong demand story could justify the day’s gains in those markets. Volume was heavy across the board, due partly to positioning ahead of the WASDE but also to funds rolling out of December futures and into deferred markets. Funds were net buyers for the day but remain heavily short wheat and corn and only slightly long soybeans. If pre-WASDE price action is...
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