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Hillari Mason

Market Analyst, Pro Farmer

Hillari grew up on a family farm in southern Illinois, where she learned to love agriculture and its lifestyle from a young age. Hillari graduated from Murray State University in 2012 and began working for Cargill as a grain merchandiser shortly thereafter. Her time there yielded expansive market knowledge, producer relationships and series 3 and 30 licenses. Hillari joined Pro Farmer in June 2022 and received her master of business administration from the University of Southern Indiana in 2023. Hillari lives on her own farm in southern Indiana and spends the bulk of her days studying futures markets.

Latest Stories
Weekly corn inspections rose a notable 563,792 MT during the week ended Jan. 9, topping pre-report expectations while soybean inspections rose modestly. Wheat inspections fell 123,000 MT on the week.
USDA pegged the final corn yield at 179.3 bu. per acre, down 3.8 bu. from Nov, while the soybean yield was trimmed by 1 bu. per acre to 50.7 bpa. Quarterly corn, soybean stocks were also below expectations, while wheat seedings landed well above.
Corn and soybean sales during the week ended Jan. 2 were each down 40% from the previous week, while wheat sales dipped 21%.
Wheat inspections rose 73,241 MT from the previous week to 412,342 MT for the week ended Jan. 2. Corn and soybean inspections each declined on the week.
For the week ended Dec. 26, net corn sales were down 55% from the previous week, while soybean and wheat sales fell 51% and 77% from the previous week, each carving a new marketing-year low.
Corn inspections during the week ended Dec. 26 led the decline, falling 268,000 MT from the previous week, while soybean and wheat inspections dropped 204,469 MT and 68,238 MT, respectively. However, net inspections were within pre-report estimates.
Weekly corn and wheat sales rose 46% and 34%, respectively, on the week, while soybean sales dipped 31% to a marketing-year low.
For the week ended Dec. 12, corn sales rose 24% to 1.17 MMT from a week ago, while wheat and soybean sales jumped 58% and 21%, respectively.
While soybean inspections faded during the week ended Dec. 12, they totaled 1.68 MMT.
Corn sales rose 63% from the previous week and 4% from the four-week average, while soybean sales were also notable at 2.3 MMT.