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The surprising move, combined with hopes of additional quantitative easing in the U.S. and Europe is helping fuel stronger investor risk appetite.
Negative crush margins trigger cancellation of some soy cargoes.
For now, state-owned reserves don’t pose a major threat to demand for U.S. soybeans.
Chicago Board of Trade Globex grain/soy futures will trade a 22-hour day starting May 14.
Margin changes due to Dodd-Frank regulations helped trigger liquidation in grain/soy futures late Wednesday, but markets stabilized overnight.
State-run firm sees Chinese Q2 soybean imports up nearly 15% from year-ago.
Recent history suggests corn prices will rally this spring/summer to slow use and push corn carryover higher by the end of the 2011-12 marketing year.
Focus will be on the beef market early next week.
The third day of the 2017 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour featured scouts sampling fields along 12 designated routes from Bloomington, Illinois Iowa City, Iowa.
The 2017 Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour kicked off in Dublin, Ohio, (a suburb of Columbus), with scouts sampling fields along 12 designated routes to Fishers, Indiana (a suburb o Indianapolis).