The USDA says export sales numbers for most major commodities declined during the week ending February 18th.  Corn and wheat were driven to new marketing year lows following cancellations by unknown destinations, possibly China, while soybean sales dropped also following a cancellation by an unknown destination. China also canceled on U.S. beef and while it was a net purchaser of U.S. pork, total sales were lower than average. China did push cotton sales sharply higher than the week before and soybean oil was up modestly on the week thanks to solid global vegetable oil demand.

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