Corn, soybean wheat inspections each faded from the previous week, but were within the range of analysts’ pre-report expectations.
New crop corn sales exceeded pre-report expectations by more than 400,000 MT during the week ended Aug. 29, while soybean sales were also notable at 1.66 MMT.
Weekly soybean inspections rose 77,000 MT from the previous week, just shy of topping the upper-end of analysts’ pre-report expectations.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 192.79 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,312.31.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 164.9 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,036.59.
Weekly corn and soybean sales during the week ended Aug. 15 each topped pre-report expectations at 1.3 MMT and 1.7 MMT, respectively.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 204.14 bu. per acre for Illinois. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1419.11.
Scouts took samples from Iowa districts 1, 4 and 7. Iowa’s full results will be posted at the end of day 4.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 173.25 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,172.48.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 187.54 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,409.02.

Hillari Mason