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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for May

A 13 cent weekend loss left the Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market at a Monday opening average of $14.21, but the market posted consecutive gains through most of the week before suffering a downward correction on Friday to close with a statewide average of $14.42, an overall 8 cent improvement from the previous Friday

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for April 29-May 3, 2013

A 40 cent weekend gain took the Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market to a Monday opening average of $14.81, but the week was downhill after that before stabilizing on Friday (Figure 1).  Market price bottomed out on Thursday at $14.27 before coming back 7 cents on Friday to close at $14.34, a 7 cent

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for April 22-26, 2013

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market fell 11 cents over last weekend and opened on Monday at $14.29.  Market price trended generally higher each day, throwing off a sharp loss on Wednesday to resume its upward trend to a Friday close of $14.41, one cent above the previous Friday closing price (Figure 1).  Market

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for April 15-19, 2013

A 17 cent weekend loss proved to be no obstacle to the Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market this past week as the market opened at $14.05 and posted daily gains before peaking on Thursday to a Friday close of $14.40 (Figure 1).  The closing average daily price left the market 18 cents above the

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for April 8-12, 2013

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market gained 17 cents over the weekend break to open trading on Monday at $13.91 and scarcely looked back during a week of steadily higher daily prices.  Unlike the previous week when price trended steadily down, the market had only a slight pause on Wednesday before climbing to a

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for April 1-5, 2013

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market lost 13 cents over the weekend break and opened trading on Monday at $14.03.  Unlike the previous week, no early week rally occurred and the market fell steadily each trading day before closing at a low of $13.74 on Friday (Figure 1).  The closing price represented an overall

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for March 25-29, 2013

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market lost 4 cents over the weekend break and opened trading on Monday at $14.47.  An early week rally moved the market 17 cents higher to a weekly peak of $14.64 on Wednesday before a major correction on Thursday drove the statewide average price down to $14.16 on Thursday

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for March 18-22, 2013

The sharp daily downward trend of the previous week in the Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market seemed to continue in early week trading as the market lost 16 cents over the weekend to open at $14.21 and fell another 4 cents on Tuesday.  But a midweek rally took the market to a weekly peak

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices for March 15-18, 2013

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market opened 5 cents lower following the weekend with a $14.93 opening statewide average on Monday and then moved steadily lower each trading day of the week.  The market closed Friday with a closing statewide average of $14.37, a 61 cent fall from the previous Friday closing average (Figure

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Soybean cash market and forward booking prices in Arkansas for March 4-8, 2012

The Arkansas 2012 cash soybean market turned around its previous week pattern by gaining 22 cents over the weekend to an opening statewide average of $14.90 on Monday.  The market continued to post daily gains through Thursday before declining on Friday to a closing statewide average of $14.98, a 30 cent improvement over the

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