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After the Bell | June 8, 2021 Dry weather worries lift corn, soybean futures, cattle firmer, hogs mixed.
Find updates to our short-term, intermediate- and long-term trends for commodity and key outside markets.
Grain, soybean futures surge on heat, dryness concerns in Midwest.
Dry weather concerns fuel strong gains in the grain and soy markets to start the week.
Editor Brian Grete and Davis Michaelsen discuss the weather volatility and look ahead to Thursday’s S&D report...
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![“Asian exporters are paying premium shipping rates, sometimes 10 times what the rate is for going from the [United] States back to Asia, and this shipping rate disparity incentivizes sending back those empty containers,” Borror said.](https://assets.farmjournal.com/dims4/default/92c7bcd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/840x561+0+19/resize/250x167!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffj-corp-pub.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fs3fs-public%2F2021-02%2FExport-ship-840.jpg)
Old-crop corn sales topped expectations, while new-crop sales were right in line with what the market expected. Exports of the grain held above 2 MMT.