date:Jan 15, 2013
Average US soybean basis levels were up 3 cents a bushel last week, bolstered by a recovery in the river market situation.
Corn basis also managed a 2-cent gain last week, one of its best weeks of the marketing year.
Basis levels were sharply higher along the river system with double-digit gains fairly common along the Illinois and Mississippi River systems, as The Coast Guard relaxed its draft guidelines a bit last week for Mississippi River vessels passing through Thebes, IL, due to improvin