
Soybeans are trading with 17 to 21 cents lower on Wednesday with outside pressure from crude playing a factor. There were 24 deliveries issued against May beans overnight. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 19 1/2 cents at $11.24 3/4. Soymeal futures are down $1.90 to $2.70 so far on the session, with Soy Oil futures down 161 to 170 points at midday.
Crude oil is down $6.71 at midday following the US and Iran closing in on reaching a memorandum of understanding that would, among other things, allow for the safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a path to ending to conflict.