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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
Corn inspections during the week ended Nov. 28 led the decline, though were within trade expectations, along with soybean and wheat inspections.
Weekly soybean inspections during the week ended Nov. 21 fell 164,413 MT from the previous week but were still notable at 2.1 MMT. Meanwhile, corn and wheat inspections each rose on the week.
Net soybean sales during the week ended Nov. 14 rose 20% from the previous week and topped analysts’ expectations by 260,000 MT. Meanwhile, cotton sales during the week rose solidly to a marketing-year high.
Weekly wheat inspections during the week ended Nov. 14 declined 157,000 MT from the previous week and missed analysts’ pre-report range by more than 100,000 MT. Corn and soybean inspections were within expectations.
Weekly corn sales during the week ended Nov. 7 totaled 1.32 MMT, down 53% from the previous week, while soybeans declined 24% to 1.56 MMT.
Weekly corn, soybean and wheat inspections continue to outpace year-ago.
USDA cut the soybean yield by 1.4 bu. per acre to 51.7 bu. per acre, while ending stocks were pegged at 470 million bu. Both were well below average pre-report estimates. Meanwhile, both corn yield and ending stocks were below average estimates.
Corn sales during the week ended Oct. 31 totaled 2.77 MMT, according to USDA, which rose 18% from the previous week and four-week average. Net sales notably outpaced analysts’ expectations. Weekly soybean sales were reported at 2.04 MMT.
Soybean inspections during the week ended Oct. 31, led the decline, falling 469,793 MT, while wheat inspections fell 101,134 MT and missed pre-report expectations.
Corn sales during the week ended Oct. 24 declined 35% from the previous week to 2.34 MMT, while wheat sales dropped 23%. Meanwhile, soybean sales rose modestly on the week to 2.27 MMT.