Futures are trading higher across the board this morning, with markets trying to end disappointing February trade on an up note. Hopes for improved demand headed into the next quarter are also firm. Markets appear to be gaining confidence worldwide.

Farm Futures Senior Editor Bryce Knorr offers an early look at overnight trade.

You can listen to his commentary  by clicking on the audio link on this page.

Increased demand and light deliveries boost prices has corn, soybean and wheat futures trading higher across the board.

Senior Editor Bryce Knorr first joined Farm Futures Magazine in 1987. In addition to analyzing and writing about the commodity markets, he is a former futures introducing broker and is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor. He conducts Farm Futures exclusive surveys on acreage, production and management issues and is one of the analysts regularly contracted by business wire services before major USDA crop reports. Besides the Morning Call on www.FarmFutures.com he writes weekly reviews for corn, soybeans, and wheat that include selling price targets, charts and seasonal trends. His other weekly reviews on basis, energy, fertilizer and financial markets and feature price forecasts for key crop inputs. A journalist with 38 years of experience, he received the Master Writers Award from the American Agricultural Editors Association.

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