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The June acreage report should be a major market mover as the USDA will update seeded acreage for this year. Of course, with good growing conditions during this summer, the USDA will begin to add yield potential back into the balance sheets and ending stocks will grow and prices will fall. The May USDA supply/demand report confirmed the bullish potential for soybean prices for new-crop prices. As with any productive season, prices will become very sensitive to weather issues during the...

The market is seen moving to levels that will ration demand, and buy additional soybean acres in South American as well as in the US next year, analyst added. Soybeans are seen continuing Friday's bullish theme, as the market continues to adjust to a new pricing structure following Friday's lower then expected 2007 acreage forecast from U. A market technician said strong selling pressure on Monday would suggest a bearish double-top reversal pattern could be developing on the daily bar...

The acreage commitments will be key as they relate to soybeans as many analysts indicate a possible reduction in bean acres in lieu of more corn and wheat acres. Traders indicate they expect trade to be quiet for the next couple of days as they anticipate the release of the USDA acreage report on Friday morning. Reports of a drought in China's top corn and soybean producing region may last another week and could trim grain production, agriculture officials in Beijing said on Wednesday....

NEW YORK Commodities prices slumped across the energy, metals and agricultural markets Tuesday, led by declines in crude oil, gold and grains. In the agricultural markets, corn, soybeans and wheat all declined after a report by the Department of Agriculture showed better-than-expected progress in plantings and crop conditions, particularly in corn. Farmers had 92 percent of the expected corn acreage planted by May 20, compared with a five-year average of 86 percent at the same point. In...