Soybeans were fractionally lower on speculative and technical selling, with the most active contracts dropping more than $.20 on the week. Forecasts have more light to moderate rain in dry parts of South America, pushing contracts towards near two month lows. Longer term outlooks remain a little less certain and a mostly drier pattern would be consistent with La Nina conditions. China and unknown destinations bought 2017/18 U.S. beans, 257,000 tons and 126,000 tons, respectively, but this marketing year’s export pace continues to trail last year.
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