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Virus hobbles Argentina’s biggest soy exporters – with harvest nearing

The world’s biggest exporters of soybean meal and oil are fending off a slew of logistical hurdles as they rush to get ready for the impending harvest in Argentina. For the Latin American nation’s soy industry, it’s the toughest start to a harvest in recent memory. Farmers and exporters are bidding to crush beans and ship tens of millions of…



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Palm oil slides on overnight soy oil losses

Malaysian palm oil futures charted a third session of loses in four on Thursday evening, tracking weakness in overnight U.S. soy oil prices and on forecasts of slower-than-expected declines in output. The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 0.6% at 2,157 ringgit (US$521.77) a tonne at the close of trade, after…