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Grains

OMAHA (DTN) -- Posted 10:31 -- May corn is up 1/2 cent per bushel, May soybeans are down 10 1/4 cents, May KC wheat is up 13 3/4 cents, May Chicago wheat is up 12 cents and MIAX May Minneapolis wheat is up 9 1/4 cents. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 26.45 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is up 0.530 and April crude oil is up $0.31 per barrel. April gold is down $57.20 per ounce. At mid-morning wheat is surging and I haven't found news to justify. Corn is little changed and soybeans and soy products remain lower. Crude oil has overcome early weakness to trade slightly higher, and the Dow Jones has reversed early strength to trade lower as the inflation numbers came out higher than expected.

Posted 08:31 -- May corn is down 3 cents per bushel, May soybeans are down 12 1/4 cents, May KC wheat is down 1 cent, May Chicago wheat is down 1/4 cent and MIAX May Minneapolis wheat is up 1/4 cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 305.39 points. The U.S. Dollar Index is up 0.270 and April crude oil is down $2.32 per barrel. April gold is down $13.50 per ounce. Corn, soy and soy products are lower while wheat is slightly firmer as longs take some profits ahead of the weekend. The nonstop rise in crude oil prices has paused for now as that market also sets back.

Livestock

Posted 08:36 -- April live cattle are up $1.10 at $232.35, April feeder cattle are up $2.90 at $345.9, April lean hogs are up $0.13 at $94.475, May corn is down 3 1/4 cents per bushel and May soybean meal is down $3.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 309.32 points and NASDAQ is up 106.41 points. The livestock complex is off to a mixed start as the cattle contracts are rallying mildly while the hog complex continues to trade lower. No bids are currently on the table and there's a chance that the bulk of this week's trade is done with given that a strike could happen at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado, next week so throughput will be reduced.

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