Hedge funds raised their net long in the top 13 US-traded agricultural commodities to above 700,000 contracts, a three-month high, led by a soymeal buying spree and an eighth straight week of corn purchases. USDA's late-September corn rating of 52% good or excellent was the lowest September reading since 2012.
Heavy fund buying of soymeal and corn adds upward price pressure, while poor US corn conditions support feed grain prices.
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