Corn and Soybeans Slump With US Data Void Clouding Export Demand
Farmers watch as soybeans are moved from a grain truck to a storage silo on a farm near Gregory, Arkansas.
Photographer: Rory Doyle/BloombergCorn and soybeans fell while wheat erased earlier gains in Chicago as the US government shutdown kept traders in the dark about any export sales to China or other countries.
Wheat had jumped to a fresh three-month high earlier Tuesday, after last week’s US-China trade accord prompted the first inquires of American wheat cargoes by the Asian nation in a year.