Markets started the week slightly easier Sunday evening on very limited trading volume with Minneapolis March at just 200 contracts. Meanwhile, March corn and Chicago wheat traded 8,000-10,000 contracts. What started as a marginally “red” day gradually turned into more solid losses for corn, wheat and soybeans as fund selling increased throughout the morning. USDA will release an important series of reports this Friday that will include:

Final 2017 U.S. corn and soybean production estimates U.S. and world supply/demand revisions (WASDE) Quarterly stocks estimates U.S. winter wheat planting intentions

The only one of these reports that is expected to show any bullish trend is the winter wheat planting estimate. While la...