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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
Global carryover for corn and soybeans each surpassed pre-report expectations by 1.8 MMT and 1.5 MMT, respectively, largely neutralizing the lower-than-expected U.S. corn carryover.
Corn sales during week ended Nov. 30 totaled 1.3 MMT, while shipments reached a marketing-year high. Soymeal and soyoil shipments during the week also notched marketing-year highs.
Weekly corn inspections during week ended Nov. 30 totaled 1.16 MMT, exceeding the pre-report range by nearly 260,000 MT, while wheat and soybean inspections each fell short of respective pre-report ranges.
Weekly corn, soybean and wheat sales for week ended Nov. 23 each topped pre-report expectations and rose notably from the previous week.
Weekly corn inspections missed the pre-report range and fell nearly 200,000 MT from the previous week, while wheat fell nearly 90,000 MT and soybeans nearly 190,000 MT.
USDA’s Weekly export inspections data showed corn, soybean and wheat inspections within pre-report ranges, though soybean inspections are increasingly falling behind year-ago.
Weekly corn sales in week ended Nov. 9 totaled 1.8 MMT, topping expectations by over 250,000 MT, while soybean sales totaled 3.9 MMT.
Weekly soybean inspections in week ended Nov. 9 fell 516,368 MT from the previous week and were shy of the pre-report range of 1.75 to 2.25 MMT.
USDA increased corn yield to 174.9 bu. per acre, bringing production to 15.234 billion bu. Meanwhile, soybean yield was pegged at 49.9 bu., up 0.3 bu. from last month.
Corn sales during week ended Nov. 2 totaled 1.015 MMT for 2023-24, up 36% from the previous week and 4% from the four-week average.