THE OPEN July beans: 5 lower July meal: 3.00 lower July soyoil: 29 lower July corn: 3 lower July wheat: 10 lower The markets opened as called but weaker technicals continued to invite more profit-taking and still lower values shortly after the open. The difference today was that commercials were there to get more coverage as the break found levels near key benchmarks. Oilshare finally found some profit-taking, while bean spreads were weaker. A Bloomberg story was released that talked about China limiting some corn imports and cancelling several US corn cargoes, topics discussed and certainly factored into recent lower price action. SOY The soy complex highlights included minor pr...
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