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Soybean meal prices were up on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), but the increase did little to motivate buyers and sellers in the market on what was a typically quiet Monday. 

Fastmarkets’ research team forecasts hog slaughter at 2.38 million head for the week to July 27, up by 0.1% week on week and down by 1% year on year.

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