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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.

Soybean export inspections during week ended Oct. 12 rose over 600,000 MT from the previous week, notably exceeding pre-report estimates. Meanwhile, corn inspections fell short of the expected range.
Weekly wheat sales reached a marketing-year high in week-ended Oct. 5, while soybean sales rose 31% on the week and were up 68% from the four-week average.
USDA’s October production and carryover figures were lower than pre-report estimates, though the most notable miss was the 4 MMT difference in new-crop global soybean carryover vs. expectations.
USDA reported weekly soybean inspections of 1.04 MMT, notably above the pre-report range.
USDA reported weekly corn sales of 1.8 MMT during week ended Sept. 28, increasing export commitments to nearly 9% ahead of last year.
Weekly corn and soybean inspections are running 10.8% and 8.7% ahead of a year-ago, respectively. Meanwhile, wheat inspections are nearly 29% behind the same time last year.
USDA pegged Sept. 1 corn stocks at 1.361 billion bu., 68 million bu. lower than pre-report expectations and 16 million bu. lower than year-ago. Soybean stocks were above pre-report estimates by 26 mb.
USDA reported wheat sales in week ended Sept. 21 totaled 544,500 MT, which capped the top-end pre-report estimate by 45,000 MT. Meanwhile corn sales were mid-range; soybeans were nearer the low-end of expectations.
USDA reported inspections for corn, soybeans and wheat within trade expectations. Corn inspections remain steadily ahead of year-ago, while soybeans went from notably trailing year-ago to running ahead.
Weekly soybean sales for week ended Sept. 14, were reported at 434,100 MT, short , over 100,000 MT shy of the low-end pre-report estimate, while weekly corn and wheat sales landed just above the low-end estimate.