Soybeans were mixed, mostly higher, adjusting old crop/new crop spreads. It was a hot, dry weekend in some key U.S. growing areas, with uncertainties about chances for relief in those areas this week as the U.S. and European models differed during the session. Conditions generally look better in eastern portions of the U.S. growing region. The USDA says that in the first rating of the season, 67% of beans are rated good to excellent, 5% below a year ago, with 90% of the crop planted, compared to the five-year average of 79%, and 76% has emerged, compared to 59% on average.

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