Thursday

Great export sales in corn and beans set the table for the funds to continue their buying ways Thursday.  Corn up another 3 1/2 to 375 1/4 and eyeing the $4 call block.  Beans rip another 17 1/4 gain on the day, 1028 1/2.  Meal pops $9.  Wheat follows along to 556 1/4, plus  14 1/4.  Rice back above 550 a Bu, 1225, up 9.  Dow looked like it could get ugly for a bit, but held up reasonably well for the action, 27,819, minus 118.  Bonds added 8 tics, 176.15.  Every dry day that goes by allows another combine to work its way north.  Funds are now long over 1/4 of the US bean production.