Grain markets were uniformly weaker to start the week but are mixed this morning with corn higher, beans, lower, and wheat near unchanged. What’s in store for today’s trade?

Corn futures are showing 1 to 3 cent gains so far on Tuesday morning. Following the strength from last week, the corn market felt pressure from outside and a weaker wheat market on Monday, as contracts were 1 to 3 ½ cents lower. Preliminary open interest was up 33,838 contracts...

Wheat is mixed on Tuesday morning across the three exchanges, with SRW and HRS the strongest. The wheat complex posted losses on Monday, as contracts did pull off the lows into the close. Chicago SRW futures were down 3 ¼ to 7 cents in the nearbys on Monday. KC HRW...

Soybeans are trading with Tuesday AM losses of 3 to 5 cents. They fell back on Monday with contracts down 7 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents across the board, as soon to expire (Thursday) November was down 5 cents on light OI. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was...

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The wheat complex posted losses on Monday, as contracts did pull off the lows into the close. Chicago SRW futures were down 3 ¼ to 7 cents in the nearbys on Monday. KC HRW contracts were a penny to 4 3/4 cents lower on the day. MPLS spring wheat was...

Following the strength from last week, the corn market felt pressure from outside and a weaker wheat market, as contracts were 1 to 3 ½ cents lower. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView was down 1/4 cent at $4.04 1/4 per bu. The Outside factors were in play...

Soybeans fell back on Monday with contracts down 7 1/4 to 8 1/4 cents across the board, as soon to expire (Thursday) November was down 5 cents on light OI. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down 7 3/4 cents at $9.68 3/4. Soymeal futures failed to capitalize...

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