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Soybeans climbed to a 3-month high overnight and continue to lead strength.
Fed meeting minutes on deck this afternoon
Biofuels expansion completely at mercy of government policy
Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee rolled out a draft that aims to address contentious policy areas left unresolved after last year’s legislation and update a range of agriculture, food aid and regulatory programs.
Hillari and Bill cover the market-driving events of last week, and Spencer discusses what lower cotton acreage means in the acreage competition.
Corn, soybeans and wheat each favored the downside overnight with wheat seeing relative weakness.
Winter returns to Midwest, Plains later this week
USDA’s latest data shows a continuation of the trend
An official with the Chinese embassy in the U.S. confirms President Trump and Chinese President Xi might be getting ready to sign a permanent trade deal when they meet in China in April.
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Corn, soybeans and wheat each saw modest selling pressure overnight, negating much of Thursday’s strength in the latter two.
Analysts attempt to explain Thursday’s “flash crashes” in metals, stock indexes
Report forecasts 8.99 million planted acres
Scattered precipitation missed most of the U.S. last week
Soybeans led the way higher on optimism around Chinese imports of U.S. beans.
China-U.S. trade truce may be extended by up to one year: report
Following its historic January update, which revised corn acres much higher than initially projected in June, USDA is facing criticism from farmers, grain traders and economists.