DTN Closing Grain Comments    10/08 14:00
   Prices Sluggish as Harvest Advances Across Midwest

   Row crop futures were moderately lower on Thursday in a very quiet session
ahead of Friday's USDA reports. Weakness since Tuesday's spike in prices can be
attributed to producer selling, as harvest is full steam ahead this week with
good weather conditions after a historically rainy September for the Midwest.
Outside energy markets were firm with West Texas Intermediate crude oil up
almost $5 per barrel at one point as reports initially surfaced that President
Trump may be considering another round of strikes, with the President later
posting on social media that the U.S. would not go ahead with any attacks ahead
of mid-term elections in early November. This had oil off the highs of the day.

Rhett Montgomery
DTN Lead Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   December corn closed down 1 3/4 cents and March corn was down 1 3/4 cents.
November soybeans closed down 10 cents and January soybeans were down 10 1/4
cents. December KC wheat closed down 2 1/4 cents, December Chicago wheat was
down 3 1/4 cents, December MIAX Minneapolis wheat was down 4 1/4 cents.