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Hillari Mason

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.

Old- and new-crop soybean sales during the week ended Aug. 1 each surpassed analysts’ pre-report expectations, while new-crop corn were notably short.
New-crop export sales for corn, soybeans and wheat each landed within analysts’ pre-report expectations, though soyoil sales posted net reductions for a second straight week.
Wheat inspections led the weekly increase, rising 168,623 MT, while soybean inspections exceeded pre-report estimates. Corn inspections were just short of topping analysts’ pre-report range.
Weekly new-crop corn and soymeal sales for the week ended July 18 each exceeded analyst’s expectations, while new-crop soybean sales were within the upper-end of the pre-report range.
Wheat inspections during the week ended July 18 slid 383,000 MT from the previous week, falling short of pre-report expectations.
Cotton sales during the week ended July 11 totaled 27,200 RB, down 50% from the previous week and 74% from the four-week average, while old-crop corn sales were short of pre-report expectations.
Wheat inspections during the week ended July 11 topped pre-report expectations and are outpacing year-ago by 26.3%. Corn inspections also proved noteworthy at 1.08 MMT.
USDA pegged old-crop corn ending stocks at 1.877 billion bu., well below the average estimate of 2.049 billion bu. Soybean ending stocks were also short of average trade guesses, while 2024-25 wheat ending stocks were up notably amid higher production.
Soymeal sales fell 75% from the previous week, while beef sales dropped 46%.
Weekly corn inspections rose 193,000 MT from the previous week, while wheat inspections rose modestly. Soybean inspections declined on the week.