Afternoon comments 10.17.19

Dec corn up 3 @ 394 3/4 | Nov beans up 3 1/2 @ 931 1/4

Wheat appears to be leading the corn on talk of abandonment in the Dakotas and Minn., and the continued news that China wants to make a deal underpins the beans.  Also, friendly to the market was the news that the framework of a Brexit deal has been approved, which rallied the British pound and lowered the value of the US $.  Outside of those topics, the news front is pretty quiet.