Trade at the CBOT was dynamic and interesting on Monday with early-day weakness sending wheat, corn, and soybeans all to fresh lows while late-day short-covering and buying pulled the latter two markets higher. Soybeans scored double-digit gains for the day while the corn market could only manage to come within a few cents of Friday’s close. Weather concerns ahead of this week’s fundamental reports drove the rallies in both markets and traders are increasingly hesitant to be overly short going into this week’s market-moving reports. Wheat, however, continues to see a steady stream of bearish news, this time from forecasts of rain across Russia and a strong harvest pace in the U.S. positioning for the Acreage and Grain Stoc...
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