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OMAHA (DTN) -- May corn is down 6 1/2 cents per bushel, May soybeans are up 3 3/4 cents, May KC wheat is down 5 3/4 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 10 3/4 cents and MIAX May Minneapolis wheat is down 1 3/4 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 741.57 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.430 and May crude oil is down $9.05 per barrel. April gold is down $152.20 per ounce. Heading into the Monday close, beans remain slightly higher while corn and wheat are under heavy pressure. Soybean meal and oil are little changed. Funds have been net sellers in wheat, corn and soy on Monday. News from the war is highly uncertain and sure to extend the volatility that we have seen lately.
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Posted 10:28 -- May corn is down 7 cents per bushel, May soybeans are up 3/4 cent, May KC wheat is down 11 3/4 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 13 3/4 cents and MIAX May Minneapolis wheat is down 8 1/4 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1,017.31 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.520 and May crude oil is down $11.16 per barrel. April gold is down $128.60 per ounce. At midmorning, corn and wheat are down hard, soy products modestly lower while soybeans are just a penny higher. Crude oil is in the tank along with gold and equities are flying higher. Trade will continue to be volatile with news from the Middle East likely to drive the next move.
Posted 08:34 -- May corn is down 2 3/4 cents per bushel, May soybeans are down 1 1/2 cents, May KC wheat is down 6 1/4 cents, May Chicago wheat is down 6 3/4 cents and MIAX May Minneapolis wheat is down 5 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 652.52 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.300 and May crude oil is down $7.53 per barrel. April gold is down $154.60 per ounce. USDA reported private export sales of 102,000 mt (4 mb) of corn to Mexico for 2025-26 and 161,120 mt (5.9 mb) of soybeans to Mexico for 2025-26. Soybeans are little changed while wheat and corn are lower in an absolutely wild morning of trade. News that President Trump had been having productive talks with Iran regarding ending the conflict was in direct conflict with Saturday's deadline to hit power plants unless Iran opened the Strait of Hormuz.
Posted 19:14 Sunday -- May corn is unchanged and May soybeans are down 3 1/2 cents early Sunday evening. May KC wheat is down 1/2 cent, May Chicago wheat is up 1/2 cent, and May MIAX Minneapolis wheat is down 1 cent. May crude oil is up $0.47 and Dow Jones futures are down 87 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is down 0.07 and April gold is down $146.80. Row crop futures are mixed to begin the new week, with corn and wheat hovering on either side of unchanged and soybeans marginally lower. Soybean bulls have had their confidence shaken through the last week after the United States' President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping Summit planned for the end of the month was postponed. Meanwhile, the war in the Middle East continues to escalate, with Trump this weekend giving Iran a 48-hour window to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, otherwise the U.S. would begin to target Iranian powerplants. Energy strength has been the primary bullish influence on crop markets for the past couple of weeks, which will likely continue to be the case as fundamentally speaking U.S. (and world) grain reserves remain ample.
LivestockPosted 11:39 -- June live cattle are up $0.45 at $233.875, April feeder cattle are up $0.28 at $351.45, June lean hogs are up $0.33 at $104.8, May corn is down 5 1/2 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $1.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 631.16 points and NASDAQ is up 269.42 points. The livestock complex is trading mixed into Monday's noon hour as the cattle contracts continue to scale higher while the hog complex trades mixed. New showlists appear to be somewhat lower in Nebraska/Colorado and much lower in Kansas and Texas.
Posted 08:40 -- June live cattle are down $0.28 at $233.15, April feeder cattle are down $0.48 at $350.7, June lean hogs are up $0.25 at $104.725, May corn is down 4 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $1.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 636.92 points and NASDAQ is up 341.18 points. The livestock complex is off to a mixed start as traders sit with last Friday's mixed Cattle on Feed report, and hope that some fundamental support arises in the pork sector. Do note that the latest Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report will be released this Thursday, March 26.
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