Funds Buy Corn & Beans, Sell Wheat with Light Holiday Volume: Cattle Consolidate with Higher Corn, Milk Lower

Corn & beans up on holiday technical buying, wheat sees technical selling with rain chances. Milk lower w/ record COVID cases in China, cattle consolidate. Michelle Rook w/ Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.

Corn and beans end higher with technical buying on light holiday volume, exports. Wheat see technical selling with rain in the forecast. Livestock were 2-sided with cattle consolidating on higher corn, while hogs were higher on fund buying with strong exports. Michelle Rook is with Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing.

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