The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets will start higher Monday.

The Early Calls for the commodities on Monday, June 18, 2012, are higher. Corn is seen opening 2-4 cents higher, soybeans 7-8 cents higher, and wheat 3-5 cents higher.

In overnight trading, the July corn futures contract traded 2 1/4 cents  higher at $5.82 per bushel. July soybean futures traded 10 3/4 cents higher at $13.86 3/4 per bushel, and July wheat traded 6 3/4 cents higher at $6.16 1/4. For July soybean meal futures, the contract traded $3.10 per short ton higher at $413.20. July soybean oil futures traded $0.58 higher at $49.02.

The outside markets are unfavorable for Monday's grain trade. The real factors driving the calls will be the higher overnight markets.

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