Morning price action at the CBOT was firm but mostly boring. That all changed around midday, however, as rumors of export sales, combined with headlines that Argentina’s soybean crop will be smaller than expected, sparked a large (by today’s standards) rally in the grains. Soybeans finished with double-digit gains while corn and wheat spiked higher as well. The fundamental news likely caught many funds net short, prompting a quick short-covering effort. Too, buy-stops were triggered that help lift the market higher.  Wall Street is higher again as investor confidence returns, despite the government shutdown. The Wall Street Journal today reported that U.S. officials are considering an earlier-than-expected removal (or redu...