Monday

Nothing over the top in Mondays trade, as beans gain 4 1/2 to 896 3/4, with August and November back over $9 and river basis firming as expected.  Weather couldn't feed any bull stories in corn over the weekend and we leaked 4 3/4 cents to 328 1/4.  Just setting the range for now.  Wheat off 12 3/4 didn't help with nothing new to feed a bull there, 522.  Rice off a penny, 181 1/2 and the perceived commercial bear just sits above the market, content to let the calendar do the pushing as we approach harvest.  Late rice is sure catching up fast from all the reports I am getting, and so far there are no horror stories.  I do expect to start seeing new crop export sales hitting the tape soon.  Dow peeked lower but couldn't attract any sellers to herd, so we close 113 higher, 26,633.  Bond up 9 tics, 180 even.