Tuesday

Tuesday trade all about Putin, with a planned annexation vote in the Ukraine territories taken, and the bigger issue of him calling up 300,000 reserves to up the pace of the war.  Wheat leads 63 1/4 higher, 893 3/4.  I would remind all that not so long ago this was considered still a cheap price for wheat.  Corn up 13 3/4 to 692, and beans gained 17 1/2 to 1478 3/4.  Rice picked up 9 cents, 1772 1/2.  Financials were weaker with bonds finally getting below 130 on a 129.27 close, off a point and 3 tics.  Dow off 316 points, 30,801.