DTN Closing Grain Comments 05/21 14:37 Grains Begin 21-Hour Days Mostly Higher The new-crop bean
market was the leader Monday on renewed buying from both commercial and noncommercial traders with
wheat not far behind….

  Wheat futures posted slight gains at all three exchanges today. Futures finished mid-range
as intra-day profit-taking pulled futures well off session highs. Funds bought 8,000 contracts (40
million bu.) of Chicago wheat today….

July Wheat finished up 4 at 699 1/4, 22 3/4 off the high and 16 1/2 up from the low. December Wheat
closed up 5 1/4 at 725 1/4. This was 21 1/2 up from the low and 20 1/4 off the high….

DTN Midday Grain Comments 05/18 11:42 Wheat, Beans Higher at Midday Grain trade is mostly higher at
midday due to weather concerns and upward chart moment. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst The
U.S….

July wheat opened 4 3/4 cents higher Sunday afternoon at 700 and traded as high as 722 near 7:00 pm
and then traded as low as 682 3/4 around 5:00 am….

U.S. wheat rose as much as 3.8 percent  to its highest in nearly nine months, adding to last
week’s steep gains, as dry weather stoked fears about production losses in top exporters the United
States and Russia….

Poor weather is likely to slash Ukraine’s 2012 winter grain harvest to 14 million tonnes, including
no more than 12 million tonnes of wheat, from 23 million in 2011, a senior weather forecaster said
on Monday….

Germany will harvest 2.870 million hectares of winter wheat in summer 2012, down 9.5 percent on the
year after heavy frosts damaged sowings, Germany’s statistics office said on Monday.  Its
plantings estimate for the 2012 harvest also reduced rapeseed sowings by 0….

India is considering wheat exports to Iran, a government source said on Friday, as New Delhi hopes
to boost exports to the sanctions-hit nation to help settle part of its oil imports bill through a
bilateral mechanism….

Malaysian palm oil futures edged up  on improving exports although gains were capped as
investors remained wary over uncertainty surrounding the euro zone.   “Prices are poised
to recover after the recent sell-off….