Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, including another new contract high for the November. Weekly export numbers were bullish and China and unknown destinations bought more U.S. 2020/21 soybeans, 264,000 and 360,500 tons respectively, the 10th business day in a row with a new sale. That brings the running total to 4,143,500 tons. Beans are watching late U.S. development weather and early harvest activity. The week to week improvement in drought conditions for parts of Illinois will ease stress and could help yields stabilize or even improve a little.

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