DTN Early Word Grains         10/04 05:46
   Grain Markets Mixed Friday Morning as Harvest Progress is Quick, Energy
Prices Provide Some Support

   December corn is down 2 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 5 1/4
cents, December KC wheat is down 6 1/4 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 7
1/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is down 1/2 cent.

Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst

   EARLY MORNING GLOBEX NET CHANGES: December corn is down 2 cents per bushel,
November soybeans are up 5 1/4 cents, December KC wheat is down 6 1/4 cents,
December Chicago wheat is down 7 1/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is
down 1/2 cent.

   CME GLOBEX RECAP: World equity markets mixed as traders brace for the U.S.
Employment report that will be released at 7:30 a.m. CDT. Expectations are for
that report to show a growth in jobs of about 150,000 new jobs, compared to
last month that was up 142,000. The unemployment rate is expected to remain
steady at 4.2%. The data on Thursday was mixed, with jobless claims a little
higher than trade expectations and with factory orders weaker, but with the ISM
services report much stronger than expected.

   OUTSIDE MARKETS: Previous closes Thursday showed the Dow Jones Industrial
Average down 184.93 at 42,011.59 and the S&P 500 down 9.60 at 5,699.94 The
10-Year Treasury yield ended at 3.85%. Early Friday, the December Dow Jones
Futures are up 20 points. European markets are mixed with the spot futures of
London's FTSE 100 trading down 0.38%, spot futures of Germany's DAX is trading
up 0.3% and the spot futures of France's CAC 40 Index up 0.46%. Asian markets
are mixed with Japan's Nikkei 225 Index down 0.25% and China's Shanghai
Composite Index is closed for their Golden Holiday.