Grains Higher on Short Covering Pre-WASDE and After Fresh Lows: Livestock Add Weather Premium

Grains close higher on corrective buying and positioning headed into the WASDE. Cattle added wx premium with higher cash ideas, hogs up for a 4th day trying to confirm a season low. Brian Grete, Pro Farmer, has details.

Grains close higher on corrective buying and positioning headed into the WASDE. Are the grains done going down and what will we need in the report to rally the market? Cattle built in weather premium with higher cash ideas, while hogs closed higher for a 4th day trying to confirm a season low. Brian Grete, Pro Farmer, has details.

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