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Soybeans & corn up on profit taking, report positioning and MX corn export biz, wheat mixed. Cattle consolidate, digesting the COF. Macro markets fear a govt. shutdown. Alan Brugler, Brugler Marketing, covers it all!

USDA’s weekly crop progress report shows harvest progress slightly behind average for corn and soybeans.

Rural areas are slowly gaining access to decent broadband speeds, and small towns are adding fiber-optic lines. However, the decline of the population in areas with fewer than 10,000 people is not improving much.

USDA forecasts all food prices will increase 5.8% this year, within a range of 5.4% to 6.2%.

Eight beef packing projects are in various stages of completion that could add 10% to total industry capacity; is it needed? What potential headwinds might these ventures face?

When the House and Senate returns on Tuesday, lawmakers will have just five days left to avoid a shutdown, which would impact several USDA services, including key reports.

Soybeans see harvest pressure & technical selling, taking out support. That weighs on corn despite a 64.5 mb Mexico buy. Wheat mixed. Cattle come off lows, while hogs bounce. Kent Beadle, Paradigm futures has more.

Grains mixed. Soybeans see harvest pressure, corn tries to hold gains with a 65.4 mb Mexico buy, wheat mixed on spreads. Cattle fade the COF w/profit taking, hogs bounce. Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag, has details.