AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton Says Corn Ends Higher, Beans Lower on Profit Taking, Spreading, WASDE Prep

AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says corn ends higher, soybeans lower on profit taking, spread unwinding, correcting the corn/bean ratio. Plus, determining balance sheets pre-WASDE.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says corn ends higher, soybeans lower on Thursday on profit taking, spread unwinding and correcting the corn/bean ratio. But markets are also determining balance sheets pre-WASDE.

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