Markets started the Sunday evening session firm and finished that way. Wheat was the leader with small gains in all three markets. Meanwhile, corn and soybeans were steady to fractionally higher. Rains missed most of the key growing regions in Argentina, and that kept the soy complex firm overnight. There are still several chances for more widespread rain showers across Argentina and southern Brazil. As the two-week precipitation forecast map below shows, however, the final result will still be below normal. Soybeans and soymeal futures opened today’s session with small losses.

This morning USDA announced the export sales of 396,000 MT of soybeans and 168,000 MT of sorghum, all to China. U.S. equity markets started the day very st...