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AgDay TV Markets Now: Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing talks about another risk off day in grains but says profit taking and rain chances in HRW areas were also factors. What’s the downside risk ahead?

The Missouri Senate on Wednesday backed a plan to amend the state’s foreign land ownership threshold. The bill also includes a provision that would limit foreign countries from acquiring farmland in Missouri by Sept. 1.

Grains ended lower with another risk off day, but also saw profit taking. Rain chances also sunk wheat. Cattle recovered even with softer cash, but contract lows in hogs. Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing.