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Grain market review: Oilseeds

World oilseed prices rose in July after months of falls, with sunflower, notably, rising because of uncertainty over Black Sea shipments and new crop supplies looking tight ahead of harvest. Improving crop conditions in the first half of August in the United States triggered new declines, although it remains to be seen what impact the heatwave in the US Midwest in late August will have on the soybean crop. On Aug. 21, soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade…