The WASDE was undeniably bearish with December corn and November soybean futures reaching new contract lows (actually, soybeans hit the low before and after the WASDE’s release), while wheat futures were down double-digits in response to the latest news. The headline numbers cratering the markets were record-breaking U.S. corn and soybean yields and month-over-month production ending stocks/use increases. Outside the U.S., across-the-board increases in world ending stocks from the August WASDE pressured markets.

Wall Street is higher as of this writing with the Dow and S&P 500 indexes up fractionally and the U.S. Dollar Index up 5 points. Rumors that the U.S. and China could be resuming trade talks briefly boosted the markets...