The Hightower Report said, “Corn closed with minor gains supported by strength in beans and short covering. Weekly export inspections once again came in above the highest guess. U.S. prices are still the cheapest in the world.” John Heinberg at Total Farm Marketing said, “Still in search of a deal with China, President Trump signed an executive order on Monday afternoon to extend the tariff deadline with China until November 9. China is still absent from the U.S. corn and soybean export market going into the 2025-26 marketing years.” Chad Pater at CHS Hedging said, “The crop progress report released today after the close had corn’s good-to-excellent rate at 72%, down 1% from last week. Last year at this time the corn crop was rated 67% good to excellent.”