CHICAGO Ervin Santana Jersey , Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures closed mixed over the trade week which ended Sept. 8, as traders turn to technical selling ahead of Tuesday's U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop report.
The most active corn contract for December delivery added 1.5 cents weekly, or 0.4 percent, to 3.5675 dollars per bushel. December wheat delivery fell one cent weekly, or 0.23 percent, to 4.3775 dollars per bushel. November soybeans rose 12.5 cents weekly Drew Stubbs Jersey , or 1.32 percent, to 9.62 dollars per bushel.
Corn futures ended just marginally higher, and traded in a rather narrow range this week.
There's just not much enthusiasm to establish sizeable new positions ahead of next week's crop report, and more importantly ahead of actual harvest date - the point being the market is no more clear on corn yield than it was in August.
Otherwise, South America continue to ship record amounts of corn, a trend that will continue into mid-autumn.
Biofuel demand is rising Danny Santana Jersey , though, and global feed wheat is offered at a premium to corn, and is rising slowly amid seasonal trends and as the wheat market is finding better global demand interest.
It's likely that a seasonal bottom was scored last week, but a sideway or choppy pattern should be expected through the remainder of September.
Wheat futures ended low, and all classes of U.S. wheat likely scored their