Grain markets were higher amid a lack of farmer selling and forecasts of obnoxiously heavy Midwest rains. Corn and wheat were higher while soybeans found some pressure from continued trade war worries. Cattle futures found selling pressure early in the day but more prominent buying interest in the afternoon. The hog market continues to be driven by highly unusual spread trades that are keeping December futures at a sharp discount to October and February contracts.  The USDA’s Export Sales report was bullish corn, bearish wheat, and somewhere in between for soybeans. YTD corn exports are up 50 percent from last year while wheat exports lag last year’s pace by 31 percent. YTD soybean shipments are down 23 percent, but this w...