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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
Weekly export inspections for week ended March 23 revealed a notable drop in corn inspections from the previous week, while wheat and soybeans were each higher on the week.
USDA reported weekly corn sales in week ended March 16 at 3.096 MMT, while soybeans and wheat each missed the low-end of their respective pre-report ranges.
Corn, soybeans and wheat export inspections each topped the previous week, though soybean Inspections continue to run ahead of last year by nearly 3.0%, while corn lags by over 36.0%, with wheat behind by 1.6%.
USDA reported weekly corn sales of 1.236 MMT for week ended March 9, near the top-end of the pre-report range. Soybean sales were also near top-end estimates at 665,000 MT, up from net reductions the previous week.
Weekly export inspections for week ended March 9, showed corn inspections for the week at over 999,000 MT, near top-end pre-report estimates, while soybeans were mid-range. Wheat inspections were just shy expectations.
USDA reported 23,000 MT of soybean reductions for week ended March 2, a new marketing year low, while corn sales proved solid, landing near the top-end of the expected pre-report range of 1.2 MMT.
USDA’s March WASDE showed corn domestic and global ending stocks above pre-report estimates, while soybeans and wheat were each slightly lower than expectations.
USDA reported weekly export inspections for week ended March 2, which showed corn inspections notably above pre-report expectations, while wheat and soybean inspections each missed the low-end pre-report range.
Soybean sales for the week were down 14% from the previous week and 25% below the four-week average. Corn sales for the week were down 48% from the four-week average, though wheat sales were up 39%.
Soybean export inspections for week ended Feb. 23 missed low-end expectations by 159,000 MT and were down from the previous week by 893,000 MT. Though wheat inspections were above top end estimates by over 90,000 MT.