First Thing Today | Trade concerns remain a wet blanket on grains to open the week

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Grains weaker to open the week... Corn, soybean and wheat futures traded on both sides of unchanged overnight but have weakened early this morning. As of 6:30 a.m. CT, corn futures are trading 2 to 3 cents lower, soybeans are 1 to 2 cents lower, winter wheat markets are 6 to 8 cents lower and spring wheat is 3 to 4 cents lower. The U.S. dollar index is around 135 points lower and front-month crude oil futures are about 50 cents higher.