Monday, June 4, 2007

Soybeans Extend Rally to 35-Month High as Dry Weather Threatens U.S. Crop

(Bloomberg) -- Soybean futures in Chicago extended
a rally to a 35-month high on speculation dry weather from
Mississippi to Virginia will threaten U.S. crops as they begin
to reproduce in the next month.

Rains will stay north of a line from Kansas City to
Cincinnati for the next 10 days, depleting soil moisture after
fields received less than 25 percent of normal rain in May, said
David Streit, a forecaster for CropCast Services Inc. in
Rockville, Maryland. Warmer, drier weather will probably stay in
the region until August and may move into the Midwest, he said.


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