CME trade business digital tracking boardDemand and growing speculation about the damage the South American crops are enduring from widespread increasing drought conditions have been bullish to the grains in recent trading sessions. Those ideas have the week’s abbreviated trade starting out higher, but will it last? Holiday weeks sometimes have an inverse affect on the direction of grain prices, and can “distort” market prices, one analyst says. It’s a call for marketers with grain marketing decisions to make this week to act sooner rather than later, given the increased likelihood of a flip to bearish momentum heading into Thanksgiving. Or, simply hold off on marketing decisions this week if possible, resuming next week once the holiday has passed. See more pre-holiday grain trade analysis.