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trade in the soybean complex. It was lower earlier on talk of improving South American weather until a rally in meal limited losses in soybeans. Grains finished mixed. The Fed increased rates by 50 points, as expected. News for the ags has not changed much.
Global wheat import demand picked up.
Weather
Argentina
will see light rain across Cordoba and eastern BA today, then again across Cordoba Saturday. Most other areas will see increasing crop stress from net drying. The second week of the outlook improves. Brazil will see rain in the northern and central crop areas
although the far south could see crop stress from net drying. The longer-term forecasts for northern Argentina/southern Brazil, are dry for the month of January. The US saw a large boost in snow coverage/soil moisture replenishment after a large storm swept
across the Great Plains. Temps will turn colder for the US over the next two weeks.