NOTE: LCF will be closed May 28. THE OPEN July beans: 7 3/4 lower July meal: 2.30 lower Juy soyoil: 45 lower Jul corn: 12 lower July wheat: 19 lower The markets opened lower with soyoil prices turning higher after the open. Benign weather forecasts continued to weigh on prices, with more events expected to cover the heart of the Midwest. Opening short-covering, bargain - hunting, and higher soyoil prices kept values afloat at the open as price action hunts for a trading range low. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: corn: 1,727,878 mt vs. 1,983,450 mt week ago (vs. an expected 1,950,000 mt) wheat: 573,912 mt vs. 660,298 mt week ago (vs. an expect...
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