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FUND LIQUIDATION PUSHES SOYBEANS SHARPLY LOWER

Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. Harvest is moving forward and while there are minor delays and some yield concerns, it is early in the process. The USDA is already projecting a very tight supply, so any cuts to yield would have an impact on demand projections, with the next set of estimates out October 12th. Export demand has picked up a little steam, but the overall pace remains behind what’s needed to meet USDA projections. Last week’s big buyers were China and Japan. China’s General Administration of Customs says August soybean imports from Brazil were 9.09 million tons, a jump of 45% on the year and nearly all of the monthly total. Soybean meal and oil were lower, also seeing fund liquidation. Domestic crush margins remain bullish.

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Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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