THE OPEN March beans: 8 higher March meal: .80 higher March soyoil: 41 higher March corn: 4 higher March wheat: 8 3/4 higher Prices opened as expected with further gains on the back of fund buying activity. Chatter about further wheat buying from China and new contract highs in corn fueled the market upward. A good inspections report and confirmed delays for Brazilian harvest keep beans slanted to the upside, as more fund buying kicks in pre-Feb. WASDE. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: beans: 1,800,682 mt vs. 1,906,432 mt week ago corn: 1,576,663 mt vs. 1,116,097 mt week ago wheat: 441.076 mt vs. 414,348 mt week ago Corn inspections were good, fuelin...
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