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Spring wheat CCI rating plunges again. Chinese purchases of soybeans, corn, wheat and meat all up from year-ago through June. Transportation spending bill has a spending offset issue. Cash hog bids dive.
Corn and soybeans were mildly firmer overnight on positioning ahead of USDA’s July crop reports at 11 a.m. CT. Weekend rains were ample across all but northern locations of the Midwest.
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Markets favoring the upside as trade readies for USDA reports. Timely rain for much of the Corn Belt, but Upper Midwest remains dry. China to boost boost storage capacity and ease restrictions for small hog producers.
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Price action was relatively quiet overnight on a lack of fresh news.
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