In the most recent Commitments of Traders report, the funds were holding an estimated 375,000 long corn vs 38,000 short corn positions for a net long position of 337,000 contracts. It is worth noting that the long positions are nearly 10 times larger than the shorts. When the longs want out, the exit door is unlikely to be large enough to handle the situation in an orderly way.
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