DTN Early Word Grains         05/02 05:55
   Grain Markets Mixed With Solid Export Demand, Offsetting Quick Planting
Progress

   July corn is up 1/4 cent per bushel, July soybeans are up 2 3/4 cents, July
KC wheat is up 6 1/4 cents, July Chicago wheat is up 5 cents and July
Minneapolis wheat is up 6 1/2 cents.

Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst

   EARLY MORNING GLOBEX NET CHANGES: July corn is up 1/4 cent per bushel, July
soybeans are up 2 3/4 cents, July KC wheat is up 6 1/4 cents, July Chicago
wheat is up 5 cents and July Minneapolis wheat is up 6 1/2 cents.

   CME GLOBEX RECAP: World equity markets are higher after the U.S. market
rallied again on Thursday, as it appears that the U.S. and China are trying to
begin some discussions to address the tariff issues. U.S. futures have been
higher for most of the week and are off to a good start in the month of May,
after closing lower for three consecutive months. Thursday's data was mixed,
with the ISM manufacturing index a little better than expected, although still
in contraction at 48.7%. Jobless claims were higher than expected. This morning
is the employment report, where traders are expecting 133,000 new jobs and an
employment rate of 4.2%.

   OUTSIDE MARKETS: Previous closes Thursday showed the Dow Jones Industrial
Average up 83.60 at 40,752.96 and the S&P 500 up 35.08 at 5,604.14. The 10-Year
Treasury yield ended at 4.231%. Early Friday, the June Dow Jones Futures are up
201 points. European markets are mixed/higher/lower with the spot futures of
London's FTSE 100 trading up 0.68%, spot futures of Germany's DAX are trading
up 1.79% and the spot futures of France's CAC 40 Index up 1.57%. Asian markets
are higher with Japan's Nikkei 225 Index up 1.04% and China's Shanghai
Composite Index is closed for a holiday.