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Bigger crops derail markets

Futures sink as USDA pitches bearish curveball.

September 12, 2017

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Traders went into today’s USDA report thinking corn and soybean crops were as big as the agency estimated in August. Instead, production estimates went up, sending futures sharply lower. Though not all today’s numbers were bearish on the world level, the market is focusing on the U.S. data today.

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