DTN Closing Grain Comments    12/30 13:54
   Grain and Soy Markets Mostly Lower in Low Volume Trade Tuesday

   Corn and wheat continued to build on Monday's surprising weakness while
soybeans traded both sides before fading and were unaffected by a new flash
sale to China and rumors of more in the works. Soybean product markets were
mixed in quiet trade.

Dana Mantini
Senior Market Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   March corn closed down 1 3/4 cents per bushel at $4.40 1/2 and May closed
down 2 1/4 cents per bushel at $4.48 1/2. January soybeans closed down 3 1/4
cents at $10.46 1/4 and March soybeans were down 1 1/4 cents at $10.62 1/4.
March KC wheat closed down 5 1/4 cents at $5.22, March Chicago wheat was down 2
1/4 cents at $5.10 3/4 and MIAX March Minneapolis wheat was down 0.01 cents at
$5.7850.