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Greg Lumsden, a Cargill product line leader, gave a "macro overview” of grain markets at a recent event sponsored by the St. Louis Agribusiness Club at Cargill’s grain elevators in East St. Louis, directly across the Eads Bridge from downtown St. Louis, Missouri. About 70 members gathered to hear the overview, plus an update by the Army Corps of Engineers on the progress of work on an expanded 1,200-foot lock at Lock & Dam 25, upstream from St. Louis.

The lock expansion project at Lock and Dam 25 poured its first concrete November 3 and had another pouring November 15.

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At midsession, the May corn futures are 25¢ higher at $6.50½. July corn futures are 25¢ higher at $6.31¼. New-crop December corn futures are 13¢ higher at $5.49½. December prices have rallied $1.86 off the contract low of $3.57 to the contract high hit overnight at $5.43.   May soybean futures are 35¢ higher at $15.32. July soybean futures are 33½¢ higher at $15.12¾, and traded as high as $15.04 overnight. New-crop November soybean futures are 24¾¢ higher at $13.35. July wheat futures are 23½¢ higher at $6.98¼.  July soymeal futures are $5.90 short ton higher at $422.00...

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