The CBOT posted a bearish day to finish a bearish week with corn, soybeans, soyoil, and soymeal all scoring new contract lows amid sustained selling pressure. There has simply been no bullish news to stop the flood of sell orders and funds are happy to keep selling short into the ongoing fundamental weakness. Wheat futures pulled back at week’s end as well, amid the weight of spillover selling and export pressure from the Black Sea and Europe. As WPI has said repeatedly this week, the selling will persist until the grain market fundamentals show a surge in demand or some supply threat for Southern Hemisphere crops. WPI hears that some early spring fieldwork is beginning in the corn belt, starting with Iowa and Minnesota where s...
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