Corn, Soybean Prices Take a Tumble Tuesday; Here’s Why

Just a day ahead of two major USDA reports, soybean prices slid. The May contract closed 26 cents lower on Tuesday, with prices settled at $13.66. Corn saw similar action on the CME Tuesday.

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March 30, 2021 04:09 PM

Just a day ahead of two major USDA reports, soybean prices slid. The May contract closed 26 cents lower on Tuesday, with prices settled at $13.66. Corn saw similar action on the CME. The May contract closed more than 7 cents lower, to end the day at $5.39

AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Davis Michaelsen digested the market moves on Tuesday during AgriTalk.

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