Futures traders continue hold the line.  In all honesty, they have to.  Speculators and funds have piled on new positions last week in an approximate $3.00 range. At the same time, it is believed cattle feeders marketed inventory within that $3.00 range.

Soybeans are trading with losses of 5 to 7 cents at Monday’s midday. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price is down 6 1/2 cents at $9.26 1/2. Soymeal futures are down $1.70/ton so far on the day. Soy Oil is getting some pressure from the $4 losses in Crude...

Corn futures are trading with 3 to 4 cent losses so far on Monday, as the market is feeling a risk off mode with $4/barrel losses in crude oil. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 3 cents at $3.80 1/2 per bu. USDA reported private export...

The wheat complex is continuing lower across all three exchanges at we trade through Monday. Chicago SRW futures are down 5 to 6 cents. KC HRW contracts are trading with 6 to 7 cent losses. MPLS spring wheat is posting losses of 4 to 6 cents. Rains are making their...

Over the past 9 weeks, hedge funds have reduced their net short position by nearly (166,000) contracts. Fridays position estimate of (31,181) is the highest level since mid-May of this year.  As hedge funds run out of buying powder, Soybean prices will likely continue to slide downward.

Soybeans are trading with losses of 6 to 7 cents on Monday morning. They closed out the week with contracts 3 to 8 ½ cents in the red on Friday, as November managed a weekly gain of 17 ¾ cents. November soybean options expired on Friday. The average close for...

Grain markets opened the Sunday night trade lower but have been able to stabilize some through the morning. These are the levels to watch through this week's trade.

Jim's recent jump on the plunge of KC wheat (aka Hard Red Wheat)

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Soybeans are trading with losses of 6 to 7 cents on Monday morning. They closed out the week with contracts 3 to 8 ½ cents in the red on Friday, as November managed a weekly gain of 17 ¾ cents. November soybean options expired today. The average close for November...

Wheat futures are trading with marginal gains to kick off Monday trade. The wheat complex was the weak spot for the grains on Friday, as all three exchanges faced double digit front month losses. Chicago SRW futures were down 5 ½ to 12 ½ cents across the board, as Dec...

Corn prices are trading with Monday AM losses of 1 to 2 cents so far. Futures closed out the Friday session with bulls taking money off the table ahead of the weekend and down 1 to 6 ¼ cents across the board. That was led by Dec which saw last...