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Corn, bean basis accelerate their recent dives as harvest ramps up.

CCI ratings for both crops are still below the five-year averages.

Grain and soy futures are under pressure amid broad-based risk-off selling. Livestock futures are lower to start the week as well.

Corn and soybean basis weaken as harvest picks up and amid Gulf logistics issues due to Hurricane Ida.

Both crops are rated nearly 11 points below their respective five-year averages.

Cash corn prices drop sharply.

The national average soybean basis turned negative for the first time since late January.

Vilsack frets over meat prices; announces feed transportation cost aid to drought-impacted ranchers.

Changes to the corn and soybean crop estimates will impact new-crop balance sheets, with bigger carryover projections also expected.

Corn and soybeans recouped a portion of Tuesday's sharp losses in corrective trade overnight.

The CCI rating has been little changed for corn and soybeans the past three weeks.

Corn crop ratings dip, soybean conditions improve and cotton ratings plunge.

Corn and soybean inspections dropped sharply, as expected, due to impacts from Hurricane Ida.

Slightly firmer tone in grain and soy futures coming out of the extended holiday weekend.

Updated monthly and quarterly price forecasts.

Corn and soybean basis and cash prices plunged over the past week.

CCI ratings for both crops are below the respective five-year averages for the end of August.

Soybean basis slipped but the cash price rebounded.

The corn and soybean CCI ratings are the lowest of the growing season.

Corn, soybean and wheat futures are firmer to start the week. Livestock futures are also higher.

Mark's observations and comments from the final day of Crop Tour.

Mark's observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.

My observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.

Mark's comments and observations from Day 2 of Crop Tour.

My observations and comments from Day 2 of Crop Tour.

Mark Bernard's Day 1 observations and comments from the eastern leg of Crop Tour.

My observations and comments from the first day of Crop Tour.

Your editors take you through USDA's latest WASDE and Crop Production Reports that had no shortage of surprises.

Corn and soybean basis continues to slide, but cash prices for both rose this week.

The spring wheat CCI rating improved again, likely due to the poorer acres being hayed/abandoned or already harvested.

Grain and soybeans favored the downside overnight although soybeans recovered on the open. Hog futures are under heavy pressure with cattle futures slightly lower.

Cash livestock fundamentals remain strong.

This was the first weekly uptick in the spring wheat CCI of the growing season.

Corn and wheat futures are higher and soybeans are mixed. Cattle and hog futures are higher to start the week.

In an effort to head-off some of the questions about Crop Tour sampling, here’s our answers to a few “Crop Tour FAQs!”

Soybean basis soars on rollover to the November contract, but the cash price falls.

Drought continues to hammer the U.S. spring wheat crop, while corn and soybean ratings slipped.

Corn and soybean basis remain much stronger than normal.

The spring wheat CCI rating is now 38.1% below the five-year average for this date.

Soybean, spring wheat cash prices surged this week.

Spring wheat futures exploded overnight amid U.S. and Canadian crop woes. USDA announced a daily SRW sale to China this morning.

Spring wheat futures posted new highs overnight amid crop concerns and the hot, dry forecast.

Cash hog, pork cutout prices firmed over the past week.

Grain and soy complex futures finished higher near session highs overnight, which should spark followthrough buying today.

Spring wheat was supported by falling crop conditions, while corn and soybeans firmed late overnight.

The CCI ratings for the corn and soybean crops were nearly unchanged for the week.

Corn soybean and spring wheat futures are mildly higher this morning. Cattle futures are mostly weaker with hog futures off to a firmer start to the week.

Corn and soybeans were mildly firmer overnight on positioning ahead of USDA's July crop reports at 11 a.m. CT. Weekend rains were ample across all but northern locations of the Midwest.

Price action was relatively quiet overnight on a lack of fresh news.

Traders readying for USDA's Supply & Demand and Crop Production Reports on July 12.