Soybeans firm after reports, with corn, wheat lower

Soybeans firm after reports, with corn, wheat lower

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, but with March and May both below $12 after trading above that mark. The USDA raised U.S. ending stocks slightly, while lowering Brazil’s crop a little bit and raising exports. That’s in contrast to a big cut by CONAB with a reduction in their export guess. There were no changes to the soybean outlook for Argentina this month and China’s imports were left unchanged at 102 million tons.