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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.

Wheat export inspections for week ended Dec. 1 proved solid, topping expectations by nearly 35 MT, and up over 50 MT from the previous week. Corn inspections were mid-range, and up by almost 213,000 MT week over week.
Weekly export sales for week ended Nov. 24 revealed wheat missing low end expectations by over 140,000 MT, while corn and bean sales landed just above their respective low-end estimates.
Corn export inspections missed low-end expectations by nearly 100,000 MT, while wheat was just shy. Soybean export inspections were notable, but below last week’s figure by over 400,000 MT.
Corn ended the abbreviated session higher despite an overall negative tone in grains as well as outside markets.
Soybean export sales cooled off for week ended Nov. 17 after the previous week’s large 3 MMT figure. Corn export sales land at over 1.8 MMT, still on the low-end of expectations, with wheat short of top-end by 88 MT.
Export inspections for week ended Nov. 17 revealed soybeans and wheat near top-end expectations, while corn landed mid-range.
Weekly soybean export sales for week ended Nov. 10 almost double top-end expectations of 1.7 MMT, while corn sales of nearly 1.2 MMT proved shy of top-end estimates by 230 MT.
Weekly export inspections for week ended Nov. 10 showed soybean inspections missing expectations by over 142 MMT, with wheat also short nearly 24 MMT. Corn inspections were notable at 484 MMT, near top end expectations.
Weekly export sales for week ended Nov. 3 proved corn export sales remain week, missing low-end expectations by nearly 35 MT, while soybeans, wheat fell on the low-end of the range for the week.
USDA’s Nov. WASDE and production updates yielded increases in corn and bean production; however, corn carryout fell short of expectations while soybean carryout was pegged 8 million bu. higher than the average estimate.