University of Minnesota soybean breeders are working to increase oil content in soybeans from around 22% to closer to 30%, a crop with higher oil that could cater to emerging demand.

Grains ended mostly higher on renewed technical buying, while cattle closed with limit down moves in feeder cattle in reaction to President Trump’s social media comments about beef.

Mike Madsen’s corn yields at harvest are 20 to 30 bushels over his actual production history (APH), with even the early maturities exceeding expectations.

Garrett Toay with AgTraderTalk says after the recent rally corn and soybeans ran into chart resistance. However, outside markets had a negative impact with the selloff in precious metals and the rally in the dollar.

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Jamie Gieseke with Paradigm Futures says soybeans are seeing some profit taking after a 35 cents rally off of last week’s lows but also some farmer pricing. The higher dollar is weighing on corn and wheat.

Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing, says soybeans ended higher on Monday and extended gains after a higher weekly close last week. Cattle tried to recover after Friday’s meltdown and after President Trump comments about the U.S. buying Argentina beef to lower prices for consumers.

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Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle futures saw some recovery on the opening Monday after a melt down on Friday which produced limit down closes in most of the feeder cattle contracts.

The price action in corn was impressive to Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, in part because it came during the gut slot of harvest when farmers are gathering a predicted record crop.