Soyabean and corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were higher early Monday in a short-covering bounce ahead of the US Department of Agriculture's monthly crop reports expected Tuesday, traders said. As of 9:36 am CST (1536 GMT), March soyabeans were up 17-1/2 cents at $9.31 per bushel and March corn was up 6 cents at $3.57-1/2 a bushel.