SPREADS March crush trades at 1.00c/bu while oilshare backs down to 35.22%. Traders are buying meal / selling soyoil today with lower palm oil price activity. Spreads are weaker in corn, with July/Dec trading out to 2 3/4c from 1 1/4c. March/May corn is steady/firmer with trade into 5 3/4c from 6 1/2c, and values that were out to 7c. July/Nov beans trades out to 6 1/2c from 5c. March/May meal trades from $4.50 to $4.70. March/May wheat trades from 3/4c to 1 1/4c carry. PALM OIL April closed down 12 ringgits. Asian palm oil prices were higher recouping some of last week's losses. Malaysian exports of palm oil fell 9.9% for the Jan 1-20 time period AT 765,801 mt, as reported...
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