THE OPEN November beans: 7 lower December meal: 2.20 higher December soyoil: 88 lower December corn: 12 1/2 lower December wheat: 9 1/2 lower Prices opened as called but this being month's end, quarter-end and report day brought about further price liquidation. All markets turned lower at the open led by soyoil and corn, which has the largest length and therefore saw the most weakness. The daily price limits are 40c for corn, 45c for wheat, $1.00 for beans, $30 for meal, and 350 pts for soyoil. Funds entered the report long about 60K bean contracts, 229K corn, 7K meal, 50K soyoil, and short 21K wheat. Acres were up 6 out of the last 10 years for these reports. The USDA repor...
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