Soybeans held double-digit losses near midday as the mostly dry three-day holiday weekend allowed planting and fieldwork throughout the Midwest. Talk of easing demand by China and new selling by Brazilian farmers also weighed on the soybeans.

Corn and wheat markets are lower. Winter wheat harvest is under way in Texas and should start in a few weeks in the central Plains.

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Farm Futures Senior Editor Bob Burgdorfer comes to Penton Farm Progress with experience as a reporter covering grain markets and other global news with Reuters, Inc. A journalism graduate from Kansas State University, Bob has also worked at daily newspapers and Knight-Ridder as a commodity reporter, covering grains and livestock. He has earned five writing awards for his coverage of Mad Cow Disease, immigration issues and other international breaking news stories.

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