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While the soy market continues to struggle with additional long liquidation this morning, corn and wheat appear to have found renewed buying interest.  While this may be little more than Turnaround Tuesday type trade, even though it is coming about on a Wednesday this week, wheat especially has returned to…

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I was always under the impression that the Summer Solstice, which happens to be today, was a time for joyful celebrations.  In Scandinavia, where the sun never sets at this time of year, they mark the occasions with dancing around the Maypole, bonfires throughout the night, and maybe even a…

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Weekly Commentary

JUNE 17, 2022 “It is difficult to make predictions, particularly about the future.” No one is quite sure who first uttered these words of folk wisdom.  Throughout the years, it has been attributed to Danish philosophers, Mark Twain, and even Yogi Berra.  Gosh, for all I know, Plato may have…

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A week ago today, soybeans proudly were carrying the bull torch and appeared to be headed for the stadium, but somehow stumbled on Monday morning and could never fully recover. If we wrapped up the week right now, nearby futures will have lost over 30-cents. While some may have assumed…

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In a nutshell, export sales for grains and beans last week could be described as lukewarm.  Neither hot or cold, but of course, from a biblical sense that leaves them in the category of only worthy of being spit out, or if you prefer the King James version, I will…

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